Mental Illness and the Light of Jesus
Jenni and her beloved husband agree it is important for them to invite others to join them on their journey as her husband…
Desires and Disappointments: Deep Truths from Two Mentors
We need the endurance to finish a race well, and that includes our lifelong journey of faith, obedience and love. I’m strengthened to know that…
Three Ways God Uses Relational Disappointments
God uses disappointments in powerful ways in our lives if we receive them! As I type this, I’m facing some disappointment in…
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 burdens…
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 but…
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 friendship like…
Relationships: Worth the Trouble?
I am drawn to Ellen for many reasons, but at the top of my list is that she shares powerful truths sheathed in kindness and love. Her writing is conversational. She pulls…
When the Lord Restored Our Fortunes
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…
Another Helper
Orphaned at age seven and then adopted by a cruel distant cousin, Jane had often known deep distress in her life but rarely…
The Good News of Not Being Fine
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…
Prisoners of Hope
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…
You Are with Me
Traversing the road of recovery often feels like walking through the valley of the shadow of death. Each journey is complex…
Do Not Fear
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…
The Lord Is Closer Than Whispering Distance
Have you ever experienced fear, the kind of fear that follows terrifying changes in your life or the gnawing, grinding every minute of everyday…