I am an author, speaker, pastor, wife, and co-ringmaster to our circus of three kids.

I grew up listening to the clamorous keys of my father’s typewriter. My dad often gave my sister and I playful activities (i.e. things to keep us from fighting with each other) where we were tasked to write a story using five words he chose for us. Writing, humor, puns, rhymes, and communication were just a regular part of my life.

Having loved and studied literature and writing in high school and college—once I was introduced to Jesus—the Bible became my favorite text to explore. I joined staff with Cru at BGSU after graduating college and began teaching and speaking about God’s word regularly.

Through many face plants and mud slides in my life, God opened doors to begin to write books and to travel and speak, inviting others to discover grace in their daily lives. I am now in my second year at Denver Seminary pursuing a Masters In Biblical and Theological Studies. I am also one of the pastors at Soma City Church in Toledo, OH.

As a family we have walked through infertility, depression, anxiety, a Crohn’s disease diagnosis, an ADHD diagnosis (me in my mid-30s), and several other valleys and mountain tops. As we keep walking whatever path God has us on next, my hope is to use humor and storytelling to anchor us in the truth that God is with us, for us, in us, and working through us.

And this just in! Jami Nato and I just launched a new podcast called Seminary Sisters, all about our journey together in seminary! Join us on our journey.