I try hard to be a mother-in-law our children enjoy having around.  I thought I had a pretty good handle on my role but a very godly, wise woman farther along in life's journey recently showed me the meaning of sacrificing self in respect of a deeper bond than mother and child.  Her fifty-five year old…

I especially enjoy breakfast out with Chuck because, fresh from a night’s sleep, our creative juices seem to flow and our conversation is energizing and refreshing. But this morning, the voice of the woman in the booth next to us broke our concentration the way a chirping cricket demands attention or a barking dog fills the quiet morning or once noticed, a dripping faucet must be turned off.

Before the term "spiritual mother" became a popular term, Elisabeth Elliot mothered and mentored thousands of women through her teachings and writings. Though I have never met her, I consider myself one of her…