The Church of Anderson

Where is my hope…

My alarm went off at 3:45 this morning. I struggled momentarily to know what day of the week it was. When I realized it was Monday, my first instinct was to roll over and stay in the bed. For a moment, I even considered laying out of work. My body feel...

Casey and I closed on our first home eleven days before our wedding date. We fell in love with the house the first time that we looked at it, and made an offer the same day. We were both young (Casey was 18 and I was 21) and had no idea what we were getting ourselves i...

Riding the roller-coaster…
I started getting serious about my health in 2012 when Casey and I started jogging and attempting to eat a healthier diet. I started my journey then weighing about 235 lbs. and have seen my weight fluctuate from as low as 193 lbs. to as high...

Several years ago, I started jogging. Prior to that I had never been much for any type of exercise. And honestly, I don’t know what got me started on it. But I remember how painful it was trying to make the switch from walking to jogging.

For a long time, I told myself,...