57 Cents and a Little Girl
I’ve learned by mistake that everything I read on social media is not true so I will often check out the validity of the article. So before sharing…
Who is William Carey?
William Carey would probably be shocked by the way God used his passion for evangelism to impact millions of people…
I Can Plod
The Widow starts to see hope in the mundane. Elisha's directive in response to her answer had to be even more confusing, but this…
Hope in the Mundane
What does attempting GREAT THINGS FOR GOD look like in a dying church, a young pastor's family, a defeated congregation of people longing…
How Can I Help You?
What a beautiful question for anyone to ask someone in misery. Elisha’s first words must have fanned the spark of hope in this broken woman. But then…
Help Me, Please!
"I need help! My preacher husband is dead! We're out of money. The bill collectors are coming to enslave my two sons as payment for all of our…
Attempt Great Things for God
We were twenty-one-year-old newly-weds, in New York City for the Billy Graham Crusade School on Evangelism. During a seminar in an…
I Will Never Leave You, Assuredly Not!
Today’s Treasure is one of my favorite Scriptures. When there are no other answers, there is the promise of His presence and He wants us to trust that…
Don’t Panic – He’s Got You
On an ordinary day in August, our son went for a routine sinus Cat-scan; that same day we learned that my father-in-law would need…
God Rules Everything
Four days after our son’s first MRI, we sat in an exam room, waiting to meet the neurosurgeon who would perform his brain surgery. As the clock…
Becoming Mature and Complete
On the first day of August, I had jotted a note in my prayer journal under our son’s name: “humility and gratitude.” It’s not that he isn’t…
You Are Forgiven
One day, in the waiting room of my Dad’s oncologist, I happened to sit next to an (annoying) angel. The very word angel in the Greek indicates…
Your Only Comfort
As I waited in a dimly-lit hospital hallway for our son to finish his first MRI—the one that followed the incidental discovery of a “something” on his brain, my mind turned…
Where Do I Go from Here? Occupy Until I Come
When Jesus returns, I want to hear Him say “Well done good and faithful servant.” I want to occupy until He comes.…
Where Do I Go from Here? A Foreign Land
I wanted to remain in the stillness and familiarity God had provided following our son’s death. God had a purpose for me to move forward and learn how to reenter life without…
Where Do I Go from Here? Eternal, Secure Hope
When death comes, it is an immediate end to life in this world as the last heartbeat gives way to eternity. The question is “What happens to the soul at that…
Where Do I go From Here? The “Firsts”
Seasons represent a space of time that has a beginning and an ending. Following the flood in Noah’s time, God promised that as long…
Where Do I go From Here? Loving One Another
Coming to the end of temporary things can bring our most important priorities into focus. Peter chose to shine a spotlight on the priorities…
Where Do I Go from Here? Home
The psalmist had learned where to find shelter, or rather, home. We long for home, especially during troubling times. The soldier longs for home while…