New Wine, Spring and Sunshine: Are You Ready For the New Season You’re Asking God For?

Spring and sunshine are rapidly approaching.

I’m trying to speak that out loud as often as I can in the hope that might actually get spring and sunshine to arrive faster. I’m ready for walking outside in hopefully less than 12 layers and 8 scarves. I’m ready to get my gardening gloves dirty in the front yard planting little white daisies. I’m ready to reclaim my favorite rocking chair on the porch for enjoying my morning coffee. I’m ready to pretend dandelions aren’t weeds so I can let them scatter everywhere without guilt when I run around with Bella in the backyard. Continue reading →

January Jitters: Is the Best Behind Me?

24JanMarch 2, 2018 By Madeleine Hagan

January has begun and is already almost over.

I feel like I start a lot of blog posts commenting on the natural process of time passing, but it’s because I haven’t gotten my head around the concept quite yet. Maybe it will click sometime in later years, but for now it hasn’t, and I still marvel. Continue reading →

What Generous Giving and Miraculous Living Have in Common

05DecMarch 11, 2018 By Madeleine Hagan

So what does generous giving and miraculous living have in common? Moving out of the Thanksgiving season means Christmas time is here! At first, I thought the order of that was strange. The world seems to go from thinking about what they’re thankful for one day and by midnight that same day they’re ready to go buy everything they can get their hands on. Continue reading →

What If You Could “Say The Blessing” In Advance?

23NovMarch 11, 2018 By Madeleine Hagan

Many people participate in a tradition on Thanksgiving involving looking back on all that they’re grateful for in the past year or so. I love this tradition, “say the blessing”, because it highlights the goodness of God that might’ve been overlooked in the day-to-day crazy. Continue reading →

“since the moment He created you”

06NovNovember 6, 2017 By Madeleine Hagan

It’s been a little while since I posted some fresh writing on here, so that’s what this week’s blog post is going to consist of. You might have already read it on my Instagram a few days ago but I just couldn’t help posting it here too! Continue reading →

What Does Putting On the Armor of God Look Like?

07OctMarch 2, 2018 By Madeleine Hagan

I grew up familiar with the concept of putting on the armor of God. I memorized the verse in song form before I was ten, and in Sunday School we would often label coloring pictures of cartoon knights dressed in armor. Continue reading →

To The Girl Who Wants To Contribute More In Church

28AugFebruary 24, 2018 By Madeleine Hagan

Chin up, Princess.

The world is going to tell you that you’re both too much and not enough. That you’re not enough to change the world, but that your authentic self is too much for the mold you should fit in. Continue reading →

Why I Don’t Want It, Unless He Wants It For Me

31JulFebruary 24, 2018 By Madeleine Hagan

Be careful asking God for more, because He will always deliver.

I think God has worked on me in stages, as He normally does, but in much larger stages than usual at the start of my college years because I finally asked for more, discontent with the level I was experiencing His presence in my life. Continue reading →

When Location Isn’t Everything

30MayFebruary 24, 2018 By Madeleine Hagan

Over the past week I’ve woken up at home. Finally at home, and for an indefinite period of time. I’ve looked forward to this very much since I haven’t gotten to stay in one place indefinitely for a very long time. Continue reading →

What Happens When My Jesus Dates Are Lookin’ Kinda Lazy?

01FebMarch 2, 2018 By Madeleine Hagan

Today started kinda ordinary. It’s my day off so I slept in a little later than I should have. It took me a tiny bit longer to get downstairs and make a cup of coffee. Instead of working on my upcoming deadline I flipped open my bible. In my mind, a Jesus date was more important than starting my writing project right then…right? Continue reading →