To trust God in the midst of one major life-altering event can feel like leaping from stone to stone while crossing a swollen creek; to trust God in the midst of…
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Tears began slipping out even as I left the doctor’s office. I let them flow fully once I was safely inside my car. Tears of sorrow for what I had not known was possible in the…
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Is that really possible? To “give thanks in all circumstances”? As author Ann Voskamp asks, “How do I see grace, give thanks, find joy in this sin-stinking place…
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Whenever our stories are shattered by crisis, a season of waiting will likely follow. Waiting can be irritating at a long pharmacy drive-thru line, but in the profound…
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The tossing and turning of insomnia may insinuate itself along with crisis, leaving us longing for rest. My insomnia began when I was twelve and has never really given…
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Ruth had no good reason to follow Naomi. When Naomi decided to return to Bethlehem from Moab, she released her two daughters-in-law, telling them she had no…
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Throughout the year, our thirteen-year-old granddaughter, Eva, often says, “I love the fall most of all. The scents, the beautiful leaves, the weather, the way…
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