As a young mom, it was important to me that our children learn about the God I was growing to know. Volunteering at our church gave me plenty of…

When her grandchildren were very young, my mother told me that she enjoyed them the most when their family came to stay for a week, and she could get the…

"You girls are doing a lot of giggling in here!" Ten-year-old granddaughter Katie and I looked at each other and giggled some more at Chuck's words. Scrapbooking supplies, pictures…

I fingered the silky softness of the beautiful blanket and wondered what magical fabric could hold up to the marketing claim that babies wrapped in…

"Do you have Grammy?" asked our granddaughter as she poked her head into the van and looked around. Our family of 21 was piled…

"Ahhh, here come the cruise guests!" my husband exclaimed as Dan and Laura dropped off their three younger children for the day so that they could enjoy…

Just before we welcomed our first grandchild into our family, a friend remarked, “The first time you see that child, you’re going to turn into a different person.” This from a…

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…

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…

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…

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” on his brain, my mind turned…

Whether you are in a waiting room right now because of cancer, stroke, traumatic injury, a child struggling to hold on to life, or a health crisis of any kind, you know.…

When Jesus returns, I want to hear Him say “Well done good and faithful servant.” I want to occupy until He comes.…

I wanted to remain in the stillness and familiarity God had provided following our son’s death. God had a purpose for me to move forward and learn how to reenter life without…

When death comes, it is an immediate end to life in this world as the last heartbeat gives way to eternity. The question is “What happens to the soul at that…

Seasons represent a space of time that has a beginning and an ending. Following the flood in Noah’s time, God promised that as long…

Coming to the end of temporary things can bring our most important priorities into focus. Peter chose to shine a spotlight on the priorities…

The psalmist had learned where to find shelter, or rather, home. We long for home, especially during troubling times. The soldier longs for home while…