The Purpose in Comfort
Have you ever looked back on your life to see the evidence of God’s hand in preparing you for the future? This verse in Hebrews 11 is a definite neon light…
Blessed and Broken
A young mother recently lost her child to illness. She spent many long days and nights in the hospital room by her daughter’s side before…
Seeing God
“Sometimes it’s so hard to talk to God and to trust him when I can’t see him or feel Him.” My daughter said this to me while…
It Is Not Well with My Soul
Have you ever listened to the words of the song you are singing? Do you ever stop singing because you realize that you cannot truthfully…
Live Today
Early one morning during a family vacation, I walked along the ocean as the others slept in. The waves crashed on the sand, the sandpipers…
Good Roots
“If you don’t have good roots, you won’t have good fruit.” I heard my father in law say to my husband as they sat eating breakfast in my…
How Can I Keep From Singing?
As we wrap up this series, A Broken Hallelujah, it’s my joy to introduce to you our Guest Writer for this week, Wendy VanWingerden. Wendy’s life…
Why Does it Always Have to be About His Glory?
I would not be completely honest if I did not share some of the anger and frustration I have felt along our journey, losing our daughter…
Feeling Okay
In my journal, I wrote:“ It has been ONE month since we said hello and goodbye to Promise - our baby girl who was born through a miscarriage…
Not Afraid of Bad News
The news about our little girl came just as we were finishing up a wonderful summer vacation so we were not at…
There Is No Easy Way to Say This
Today was the day! I was nearly 22 weeks pregnant with our second child and my husband, Jason, and I couldn’t wait to find…
My Grace Is Enough
Over the next two weeks you will hear from two women whose broken hallelujahs will encourage and inspire you…
Oh the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
Forever etched in my soul is the sound of the congregation opening Mark’s Coronation service with O the Deep, Deep Love…
What a Friend!
As a child, I sat with my parents and grandmother in our tiny Presbyterian church and gustily sang the old hymns. I especially…
The Bedrock of Theology Driven Living
The covenantal promises of God formed a grid through which I learned to live life in the crucible of suffering. When…
Though the Fig Tree Does Not Blossom
The prophet Habakkuk’s heart broke as he watched Babylon, the enemy of Israel, break the backs of God’s people by enslaving…
The Promise of Restoration
Paul and Silas could sing a broken hallelujah because they believed in the promises of God, one of which is the promise of…
The Promise of God’s Presence
Paul and Silas sang at midnight because they believed the promises of God. They believed His promises because God cannot…