The news about our little girl came just as we were finishing up a wonderful summer vacation so we were not at our home in Florida. Though that made our circumstances more…
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Today was the day! I was nearly 22 weeks pregnant with our second child and my husband, Jason, and I couldn’t wait to find out the gender of our baby. The ultrasound tech took a few quick pictures and then…
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Over the next two weeks you will hear from two women whose broken hallelujahs will encourage and inspire you though you may not have experienced the shattered hearts they.…
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As a child, I sat with my parents and grandmother in our tiny Presbyterian church and gustily sang the old hymns. I especially.…
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As a child, I sat with my parents and grandmother in our tiny Presbyterian church and gustily sang the old hymns. I especially.…
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The covenantal promises of God formed a grid through which I learned to live life in the crucible of suffering. When I struggled.…
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The prophet Habakkuk’s heart broke as he watched Babylon, the enemy of Israel, break the backs of God’s people by enslaving.…
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Paul and Silas could sing a broken hallelujah because they believed in the promises of God, one of which is the promise of restoration. Their greatest.…
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Paul and Silas sang at midnight because they believed in the promises of God. They believed His promises because God cannot lie. They believed.…
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The steady, virulent progress of the malignant brain tumor gave real urgency to these questions for David. The disease had progressed relentlessly; a cure seemed.…
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It’s midnight. Two men imprisoned on trumped up charges. Severely beaten, stripped of their clothing, put in stocks. The jailer checks to make sure the prisoners are secured and then he goes to sleep.…
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Let’s go back to that prison cell where Paul and Silas sang and praised God at midnight. What do you think they hoped to accomplish with their singing? Some people teach that…
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Jesus uses events in our lives to show us new things about ourselves. Within a year after our son Mark’s death, our daughter Heidi married Greg, our…
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What is your purpose in life? Many of us think our purpose is to recapture the Garden of Eden and our pursuit of that goal starts with our births. Think about it…
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Christians sometimes offer false hope to struggling people because their theology is skewed. Browse a Christian bookstore and check out the titles. Are you drawn to titles like…
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Our goal in our study of God must be to fall more in love with God and His Son, Jesus. Pursuing an understanding of God’s character and His perfect love…
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Last week we took a quick look at Paul and Silas singing at midnight. Acts 16 tells their story. They were arrested under false pretenses; they were severely beaten, thrown into the inner prison…
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Several years after Mark’s death God seared into our souls a vivid image of the privilege of corporate worship within our covenant community…
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Our son Mark’s death stripped away all religious pretenses. I wanted, no I needed to know that everything I had taught, everything I said…
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“I know what the title of your next book should be,” our friend said as she greeted us after church. She continued, “Read Acts 16 where Paul…
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