When the world came to a halt last year and the lockdowns and quarantines began, how did you expect to spend your time? Did you see an opportunity…

We’ve all been there. The question coming unexpectedly: “How can I pray for you?” I don’t know about you, but I need to prepare to answer…

Joyful remembrance. Longing for those we love. Separation from our family. After a year of enforced separation from loved ones…

I can’t hear these words without remembering a long-ago Vacation Bible School for teens. Every evening for a week our youth group met. Our leader, an older…

There are a number of days and seasons throughout the year when I intentionally open my figurative chest of memories, select…

I’ve been known to gasp over a post-Christmas credit card bill or cringe when writing my annual property tax check, but this may have been a first – tears filled my…

Watching my hand heal from carpal tunnel surgery several years ago provided daily reinforcement of the truth of Psalm 139:14: we are…

Another April 19th was drawing to a close. Like all the others since my husband Ray’s sudden death in 1997, it had been a day…

So many unpleasant, unfamiliar decisions accompany the sudden death of a beloved spouse. The first few days after…

Like most people, I’ve experienced numerous life-changing moments. But one, in a windowless hospital room with my 7- and 10-year-old daughters by my…

Twenty—three years ago, Patsy Kuipers, our Guest Writer this week, lost her thirty-nine year old husband Ray. His death was sudden and…

In 1974, I was assigned to a graduate internship at the US Public Health Service Hospital in Carville, LA. The buildings were on a hauntingly beautiful plantation where…

In Monday’s devotional I shared: “When Jesus arrested me, I had a pamphlet (remember those?) that told the story of the woman at the well. Her story became…

The story of this woman is set in these three gospels in the context of Jesus’s show of power over demons, death, disease, and nature. In other words, the…

We read the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan and along with the expert in the law, frequently, miss the point. At least I did until God sent me…

How do you want to be remembered? If you scan obituaries there are some common themes for women mentioning roles as wife, mother…

I love stories! Now in my 70s, I have countless stories in my memory and many etched indelibly in my heart. I may fail to remember your…

I encourage you, as you read these devotionals, to start today by writing a brief story of your choosing. Try not to edit yourself and simply choose a memory…

Today is Saturday. In the Old Testament, Saturday was the Sabbath, the day that God declared to be a day of rest. In his book, Sabbath, Dan Allender wrote these words…

I have trouble finding the “perfect balance” between being available and being still. I want to be present and intentional for my loved ones, but I also…