The greatest lesson my dad taught me was to never quit. When I wanted to join the swim team at seven, I remember him saying, "Now this is gonna get tough, and there will be days it's gonna hurt. But if you start this, you can't quit. Decide now if you wanna do this, because … Continue reading I Am Committed
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations. Deuteronomy 7:9 God loves us. We know that in our head. But we have a distance problem. Not the distance we feel between us and God, … Continue reading I Am Loved
Tomorrow Breath on Paper will begin a new series titled I Am Who God Says I Am. A series where each day for the next several weeks, we will feature a truth about who we really are according to God. We pray this series ministers to your spirit as you join us. Today we take … Continue reading Word & Worship – All He Says I Am
My name is Anna Hargett. I grew up in Tuscaloosa, the third of four children. My father was a construction worker, and mother was a homemaker. We were taught well about work, manners, adventure, relationships, Christianity, and play. Every summer we spent a week at our grandmother's beach house in Pensacola with two other families. … Continue reading Courage Emanuel
The story of my life began on the plains of South Dakota in 1960, a location from which I had always desired to be windswept. It didn't matter where, just somewhere where there was "more." I was born to a handsome father and a beautiful mother. They met when my Army dad was stationed in the South. … Continue reading Arriving at More
Did you know that September 10th is National Grandparents Day? September 10th is also my first child's birthday. That same child experienced the birth of his first child (my first grandbaby) this week, and right now I'm full of joy and so thankful for this blessing. Colt Easton Jessen was born September 6th, weighing 7 … Continue reading Step Away & Trust
I’m an early edition Gen-Xer. It’s odd that I start this biography with that descriptive, because I mostly dislike labels, especially labels that force some “thing” (or person) into one particular box. But Gen X does reveal something about how I see the world. Paul said that in Christ we are all the same—there is … Continue reading Never Stop Growing
