Could you use a dose of inspiration? Whether you'd love to renovate a space in your home, parent your children with fresh wisdom, or even set some life-giving boundaries so that everyone around you might thrive—it takes intention to [...]

Tori Hope Petersen bounced around twelve foster homes until she emancipated or "aged out" of the system at 18 years old. But even in the middle of a rollercoaster childhood, God met her in her mess. Despite the odds [...]

Friends!!! Welcome back to The Messy Table! YAY!! And sorry for all the exclamation marks, but we've missed you, missed these conversations, missed these powerful stories, and are so thankful to be back in this intentional space. Kicking off [...]

God cares deeply about the details of our individual stories. But we can't forget that we're also a part of a bigger, overarching story. From beginning to forever, this is God's story and it's our story and it's the greatest [...]

Mother's Day week can bring all the feels—joy, sadness, gratefulness, longing, and other conflicting emotions. But our guest today at The Messy Table is no stranger to such tension. Lindsay Johnson battled infertility for four years AND she's experienced a [...]

Can you imagine taking a seemingly harmless DNA test (for fun!) only to discover that you're not exactly who you thought you were? And there are strangers out there who share your genetic makeup? Amy Williams was in her mid-40s [...]

Jana Findlay grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. Her dad was an alcoholic who died in her teens and her mom was a single woman who struggled to make ends meet. Jana numbed the pain with drugs, [...]

When you're not okay, where do you turn? When you're not okay, can you dare to admit it? When you're not okay, it's okay—but you don't have to stay that way. Today's guest at The Messy Table is the beautiful and [...]

Some seasons are harder than others. Have you been there? Are you currently there? Maybe it's not one massive thing (or maybe it is), but you've found yourself feeling discouraged, disheartened, or simply down. Being human can be hard, living [...]

It's one thing to feel physically depleted, but another thing entirely to be spiritually malnourished. Yet, too many of us live there—functioning on a steady diet of empty calories when our souls are starving for more. Thankfully, today's guest at [...]