Reading, writing, and speaking gives Tara life. Having spent nearly a decade wandering from the heart of God and into a life of bondage, it was the love of Jesus which would ultimately set her free. Her story of redemption, freedom, and new life is woven into every facet of her stories. Tara is a gifted storyteller, using everyday examples, raw life lessons, and humor to reach hearts. Her passion is Jesus, her gift is storytelling, and her life purpose is simple: To make much of Jesus!
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Send us Fan Mail Everyone has had chapters in the story of their lives, and most get stuck in this place by asking the wrong questions. While God is not opposed to our asking questions, just as Job proved, asking the right question is key to forward movement in our faith journey. What if we've been wasting time asking the wrong questions, like "If God is good, then why did this happen?" What if,…
Send us Fan Mail What does it look like to fight the good fight of faith? How does God His children to engage with the spiritual battle that rages on? Have we lost our own hearts and in so doing forgotten how to fight for the heart of our King? It's time for God's church to rise up and fight! It's time for us to SEIZE the initiative, REGAIN lost territory, and DISRUPT the enemy. No more patty cake…
Send us Fan Mail One of the things that I appreciate the most about who God is, is His love and long-suffering. Romans 3:23 says that all of us fall short, and we can easily fall into the trap of shame and self-condemnation if we are not careful. There is always a chance to get it right, but some of us miss that because we believe the lies of the enemy. Remember the guy who denied Jesus 3 times in…
Send us Fan Mail What is worship? And what does it have to do with warfare? Is worship just sining 3 songs every time we find ourselves at church? Or is it deeper than that?
Send us Fan Mail Do you make God vomit? Are you like a dog returning to its vomit to eat? Have you found yourself in a pile of fish vomit because of your disobedience?
Send us Fan Mail We continue our series on David and Goliath, looking at identity. A mistaken identity, as God's child, will cost us more than we could know. The problem with a mistaken identity is that if we operate from that place, we will never be who God has called us to be or accomplish what He has created us for. David had every right to operate out of insecurity, but if he had, Goliath…
Send us Fan Mail The single greatest event in all of human history made an impact on every single human for all of history, whether they know it or not. When Jesus sacrificed His very life to pay for the sins of the world, that single event would change the course of human history for all of eternity. Some have embraced it and found salvation in Christ alone, some have rejected it and far more…
Send us Fan Mail Every single human on the planet will make an impact, either in a good way or a bad way. What kind of impact does Christ call His followers to make? What good is salt if it loses its flavor? Have you ever thrown a blanket over a lamp once you've turned it on? Such is the Christian who refuses to let their light so shine before men. Is your life putting the glory of God on display,…
Send us Fan Mail How do we live with intentionality as Christians as we make our way home to heaven? Is there more to the Christian life than just surviving? How does God call us to live with purpose?
Send us Fan Mail Psalm 23 is a jam packed chapter of Scripture, reminding us of who we are and who we are not. Our Shepherd, is more than enough and capable, of leading us well on this journey of life. We are book ended with grace and invited to the table of all tables, but sometimes we have to fight to get there! We were created to live our lives in wonder, wonder at this God who loves us so…
Send us Fan Mail What if my greatest struggles in life were actually God's gift to me? So many ask, "If God is good, then why........." and no one can come up with an answer. Are we so entitled as to think that we should only receive the good from God and not the hard, too? Is there purpose behind the struggles we face? How can we learn to view our struggles differently?
Send us Fan Mail What does the Bible mean to us? Are we approaching it in the right way, or with wrong motives? When we approach God's Word rightly, we find hope! What would it look like if we stopped taking our Bibles for granted, or misusing them to cut down others, and instead used it as mirror to reflect our own shortcomings and need for God's grace and mercy?
Send us Fan Mail What does it take to run your race well, as a believer? Cliff Young shows us the way. What an honor to be the guest speaker at the Cornerstone Christian School Annual Sports Banquet.
Send us Fan Mail Jesus gives His followers a striking command in Matthew 5:43-48, telling us to love our enemies. But we cannot love our enemies without first forgiving them. Are you carrying heavy weights that you were never meant to carry? Because there is freedom, healing, redemption, restoration and forgiveness at the foot of the cross! Loving our enemies is far more than just not hating them,…
Send us Fan Mail I was in a dark place while in college, and God used a professor of mine to rescue me. The secret weapon? She loved me where I was, but loved me enough to not let me stay there. I will forever be grateful for my professors and how God used them to rescue me! Love changes everything, and is never wasted!
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Send us Fan Mail What if our greatest gift has been lost in the shuffle and chaos of it all? What would it look like to unwrap the greatest gift ever, slowly savoring Him? Advent, a season of expectant waiting knowing that the God who promised is the God who will deliver.
Send us Fan Mail Most of exhaust ourselves getting ready for Christmas! Has anyone seen the tape? Where are the scissors? We need more Christmas gift wrap! But what if we were exhausting all of our energy, time and resources on the wrong preparations? How do we prepare and get ready for the arrival of King Jesus? What does it mean for every heart to prepare Him room?
Send us Fan Mail Tired of sin ruling your life? Exhausted from riding the fence as a Christian? Feel like God is about to vomit you out of His mouth because of your lukewarm temp? Can we ever truly master sin? We can, and it’s easier than we realize! But most of us spend our lives looking for a way of excuse rather than the way of escape!
Send us Fan Mail If God is good, then why did I get cancer? Why can't I have children? Why did my parents divorce? Why did my friend die? The list of questions is exhaustive, and this is where many get stuck. Habakkuk faced trouble, big trouble. But he didn't give up, because at his core he knew that God had a plan and His plan was good, even if he couldn't see it in the middle of the mess.
Send us Fan Mail What if we viewed our obedience as God's children differently? How would it change if we didn't obey out of obligation but rather saw it as an opportunity? What impact does our obedience make?
Send us Fan Mail What does green repress in Scripture?
Send us Fan Mail When was the last time you thanked God for a bad day? Same! But God calls us as believers to give thanks in all things! What if the hard parts of our story were actually intentional from a loving God? What if He was renovating our hearts from the cottage of our selfish, inward hearts into palaces fit for a King?
Send us Fan Mail What do we do when the unthinkable happens? We all want to help, to fix, to take away the pain, but how do we tangibly do that? How do we help our friends who are grieving? Here are 4 simple ways that you can walk with others who are grieving. We are better together, and we need each other. You don't have to understand where someone is to be used by God to help them.
Send us Fan Mail Is your life marked by desperation for Jesus? Or are you among the crowd, watching your miracle pass you by? For the woman with the issue of blood, she had no choice! She had to get to Jesus, no matter the cost! She had every reason to give up hope, to quit! But she refused to settle for less than what Jesus had for!
Send us Fan Mail So many of us exhaust our resources chasing the next big thing. But what if God could do something incredible through our everyday, simple yes? How would obedience change if we delighted to follow His commands rather than out of duty or obligation? Is it really that simple for God to make something so beautiful from our ordinary lives? Yes, yes it is! We see this in a giant boat,…
Send us Fan Mail So, you're grieving. How exactly does one walk through grief?
Send us Fan Mail What is grief? And what do we do with?
Send us Fan Mail Are you ready for the return of Christ? Is it possible to look ready, yet not actually be ready? Let’s take a look at what Matthew 25 teaches us in regards to being ready for the return of Christ!
Send us Fan Mail What is tenacious faith? And where does it come from? How do we live our lives as believers that are marked by victory and overcoming? Who's really in charge of our lives? Can others look at your life and declare, "The Lord, He is God!" What do we do when the odds are stacked against us?
Send us Fan Mail In a fascinating exchange, Job questions God as to the misery he is facing when he loses everything in a single day. This story deeply resonates with all of us, as we've often asked "If God is good, then why ______________________?" But God in turn questions Job, and he responds in humility, brokenness, and repentance. What can we learn from this narrative? How do we respond when…
Send us Fan Mail Behind every successful person are 3 characteristics; they are quick to accept responsibility, they always say thank you, and they never give up. What is your life marked by, acceptance or blame? Is your life marked by complaining or gratitude? Do you easily throw in the towel or do you finish what you started? And what does a barfing whale, a bleeding woman and a leper have to do…
Send us Fan Mail John 10:1-10 paints a beautiful picture of Jesus as not only our good Shepherd but also as the gate, but what exactly does that mean?
Send us Fan Mail Specifically looking at the idea of peace in the advent season. does Jesus stand the test of time? When He's asleep on the boat as the storm threatens to take them out, is it because He is unaware or indifferent or because He knows something we do not?
Send us Fan Mail Paul compares our walk with God to a race. Most start strong, but few know how to finish strong. What keeps us from finishing our race well? What are the things that get in our way?Nu
Send us Fan Mail What does it take to be kind? Why does kindness matter? Imagine a world in which people threw kindness like confetti!
Send us Fan Mail What's the problem with idols? Who or what am I worshipping, other than Jesus? Is Jesus really the Lord of your life, or is He just your genie-in-a-bottle?
Send us Fan Mail Everyone knows that dogs eat vomit, but does anyone know why? Why is Proverbs 26:11 in the Bible, and what does it mean for us? Is sin really that big of a deal?
Send us Fan Mail What if the time and energy we spent trying to hide behind filters to fit in, be accepted and liked was the exact opposite of what God really wanted from us? How do we live unmasked, as we are? Is God's love and acceptance of us really enough, even if no one else loves and accepts us for who we really are?
Send us Fan Mail Life is full of incredible disappointments, and certainly the graduating class of 2022 has faced 2.5 years of cancellations, new normals, and a majority of their high school lives spent in isolation with all of the fun cancelled. But, as God's children, how are we to respond in the middle of life's crushing blows? Can we trust the goodness, the Godness, and the faithfulness of God…
Send us Fan Mail Revelation 21:1-6 paints a beautiful picture for us of what's to come when Christ reigns fully with His glory on display, but how exactly are we to live within the tension of the here and now? How are we as God's children living out His love and putting His glory on display, or have we grown too sour for that? What does Christ call us to while we wait and yearn for the promise of…
Send us Fan Mail Hebrews 12 instructs us to throw off everything that weighs us down and hinders us from running our race, but what if what kept us held back from true freedom in Christ was our own obligation? Do we read Scripture out of obligation, or desire? Do we pray because we have to, or because we want to? Do we worship because that's part of our routine, or because it is our pleasure to do…
Send us Fan Mail Isaiah 55:1-9 offers us an interesting invitation, an invitation to those who are hungry and thirsty to come and be satisfied, an invitation for those who are broke to come and buy. Oh how the grace and mercies of Christ satisfy us in ways we've never known. We are called as children of God to stay thirsty; thirsty for Jesus and His sweet presence.
Send us Fan Mail For Jesus, compassion was more than just a feeling. It was a commitment to get involved with hurting people. What could it look like if we embraced others, even with their oozing sores?
Send us Fan Mail In order to have compassion on others, we must learn to see others as God sees them. The father in the story of the prodigal son saw, from a distance, who his son truly was. And his acceptance of him, inspire of his failures, changed the trajectory of his life forever.
Send us Fan Mail You cannot give what you have not received. Who is our role model for compassion? Christ, Himself. Have we forgotten the incredibly high price that He paid for us?
Send us Fan Mail 90% of conflict stems from misunderstanding, so how do we, as God's children, practice perspective in a Biblical way? We speak and be honest, we lean in and listen, and then we set our mind on things above. Those who learn to look through the lens of God at their life circumstances will find a power and strength they've never known. As Charles Surgeon so once wisely said,…
Send us Fan Mail What if a right perspective gave us a power to get through the hard things? Jesus gives us the ultimate example of this as He looked to the joy that set before Him and having done so, He endured the brutality of the cross. What does that mean for our everyday lives and the trials we face? How powerful can perspective really be?
Send us Fan Mail We are in Part 1 of a 3 part series on Perspective. What shapes our perspective, and how can a blind man see Jesus more clearly than His closest followers?
Send us Fan Mail What if all of the great things we've done for Jesus didn't amount to a hill of beans? In Revelation 2, Jesus issues a stern warning to the church at Ephesus, and to us as well. They had abandoned their first love. We are called to remember and repent, our love for Jesus is the most important thing we will have or grow in our lives. Have you abandoned your first love?