My mother informed me one day as she was telling stories about my childhood, “Your kindergarten teacher tirelessly encouraged you to rework your…

It is 3 AM right now. I cannot sleep. I toss and turn and silently pray, “Dear Lord please clear my thoughts and let me fall back to sleep”. It doesn’t …

As I write this, my multiple sclerosis is causing some balance difficulties. My doctors are working with me to figure things out. MS is as unique…

We have prayed for one another through thick and thin. We encourage one another in this season of life, no matter how limited our lives seem…

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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”...

Every one of us has or will experience medical waiting rooms throughout our lives. These challenging moments that can stretch into hours, days and...

In John 17, our groom, Jesus, prayed for His bride, the people of God, the church. He prayed this prayer right before He was arrested...

God graciously gives us pictures in His Word that help us understand this interdependent living grounded in the truth that He calls us to. We begin to...

Yesterday we talked about being built as living stones into a holy temple, a dwelling where God lives by His Spirit....

In both of these passages, we read that we as “living stones” are being built – it’s a present, continuous process. In a culture of instant gratification, we ...

You who were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. That is good news! No longer are we foreigners without hope...

On October 3rd, 2017, waves came for our family when our son, Clary, a freshman at Clemson University, was in a serious car...

I wish I could attend the Bible studies taught by this week’s Guest Writer, Paula Miles. I first heard Paula speak at a women’s conference. Her passion...

Tonight {if all goes well, and really, who am I kidding…} I will rock my three year old and put her into the crib for the last time, as tomorrow we will...

In Matthew 8, an exhausted Jesus climbs into a boat with his disciples and immediately falls asleep. The disciples are expecting a calm trip—they are used...