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 open heart...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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”...
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We joked, and we jostled. We swam with a dolphin and snorkeled with a turtle. We danced the macarena. Some of us sang karaoke. Our younger…
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Orphaned at age seven and then adopted by a cruel distant cousin, Jane had often known deep distress in her life but rarely…
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I guess I could blame it on my daughter. She put the idea in my head. It all started when I texted my two girls, asking them to pray…
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In the wake of the multiple losses, a crisis can bring—jobs and businesses lost, loved ones removed by distance or death, long-anticipated joys…
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Traversing the road of recovery often feels like walking through the valley of the shadow of death. Each journey is complex…
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Whether the crisis comes in the form of a wildfire roaring down the mountain or a river rising near your home, whether the crisis comes…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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