Desires and Disappointments: Deep Truths from Two Mentors
We need endurance to finish a race well, and that includes our lifelong journey of faith, obedience and love. I’m…
Three Ways God Uses Relational Disappointments
God uses disappointments in powerful ways in our lives, if we’ll receive it! As I type this, I’m facing some…
The Origins of Relational Disappointment
Escape. Vacation. Getting away from it ALL! Life sometimes feels like too much, doesn’t it? I mean, the pressures of ministry, financial...
The Motivational Power of Relational Desires
A friend of mine shared about a painful disappointment in her marriage. Seems that her husband had planned a day trip…
Jesus, Our Relationship Redeemer
Have you ever, like me, had the humbling experience to realize that a certain electrical gadget or appliance wasn’t broken…
Relationships and Desires: A Gift and a Trial
Most of us love a great relationship story. It might be a romantic movie like “While You Were Sleeping”, or a soul-knot…
Personal Stories & Words From The Heart Week 4
I am drawn to Ellen for many reasons, but at the top of my list is that she shares powerful truths sheathed in…
An Untouchable Woman
In 1974, I was assigned to a graduate internship at the US Public Health Service Hospital in Carville, LA. The buildings.…
An Unlikely Sister
In Monday’s devotional I shared: “When Jesus arrested me, I had a pamphlet (remember those?) that told the story.…
A Desperate Patient
Today we meet another woman known only as the woman with a discharge of blood. What do we learn about.…
My Good Neighbor’s Story
We read the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan and along with the expert in the law, frequently, miss the.…
A Woman’s Obituary
How do you want to be remembered? If you scan obituaries there are some common themes for women mentioning roles as wife, mother.…
The Power of Stories
I love stories! Now in my 70s, I have countless stories in my memory and many etched indelibly in my heart. I may..…
Personal Stories & Words From The Heart
I am so eager to introduce you to Guest Writer, Barbara Thompson. I met Barbara over twenty-five years ago when..…
Promise, Peril, and Prayer
It is hard to trust the Lord in the midst of suffering. When trials come in our lives we’re often inclined to figure them out on..…
Our Hurdles and Our Help
Have you ever come through a difficulty and thought, “Phew! I barely made it.” When chronic pain seems overwhelming..…
Upward-Focused and Downward-Pressed
Surely you know what it feels like to be downward-pressed. News of an incurable cancer. Infertility. A tragedy..…
Procession and Peace
Weariness can suck the life out of us like nothing else. In the midst of long seasons of suffering, or battling particular..…
Help and Helper
I remember the fear I felt as the force of the wave overwhelmed me and I went under the salty water of the..…
Distress from Deceit and Desire for Peace
In many ways, I felt like I was in a ditch with my car broken down and nobody around to help. I was facing different..…