It’s just about time for me to dig into the stash of hand-me-downs friends have shared with us and take out a new set of sizes for…

Lately, my small daughter has taken a liking to a specific doll we call “Baby Tanya.” She picks her up – squealing with delight – and pats…

 No matter how tiny their accomplishment (like waving bye-bye or saying our names, or pointing to their noses...), we clap…

The Author of every story has filled His Story with people and events to reveal Himself to His people and, at the same time, reveal…

Probably, the most quoted verse in Scripture (John 3:16) is associated with Nicodemus’s secret visit with Jesus (vv. 1-21). He had to meet…

Did David know that he was describing his royal descendants in these psalms? When Israel was split after Solomon’s reign, the kings…

Besides Jesus, no one is mentioned as extensively in Scripture as Moses. He appears throughout four of the first five books of the…

To choose only a few people of interest in the Bible is an impossible task. Because we only get glimpses into their lives, we…

Who doesn’t love a good story? And these days it’s the narrative that matters most, right? After all, inside almost everyone is a deep-seated…

If you are familiar with my writing, you know I love digging deep into the stories of biblical people. The women of the Bible frequently…

In the beginning of February 2020, I went for a final ultrasound to make sure my fourth baby was growing as expected and ready…

Often, a season of caregiving begins with a difficult diagnosis for a loved one. In a moment, or perhaps slowly over the years, you…

If you are a child of God, (meaning you’ve wholly thrown yourself at the mercy of God’s saving grace through Jesus Christ), then …

What are your least favorite caregiving tasks? I can think of several things I wish I could outsource! Sometimes, the most tedious things…

What do you do when your loved one doesn’t appreciate your care? For me, it can be easy to go one of two ways: grow bitter and resentful…

Minutes after doctors discovered a tumor in our four-year-old daughter, a nurse took my hand and led me through the hospital to the pediatric…

As we begin a brand new series of What She Said, I am struggling to find the words to describe how grateful I am to our guest writers who …

As we wrap up the Valley of Tears series, it is so appropriate to end with the incredible promise that “each one appears before God in …

The journey to Zion held great danger when the pilgrims traveled through the Valley of Tears. They could not carry enough water …

The Israelites most likely started their trek toward Jerusalem with great anticipation, looking forward to not only…