Everyone has a story and it’s my job with MARKINC Ministries to research and identify people whose stories offer help and hope to those coming behind them. Sometimes I stumble on stories through a Facebook post, a book recommendation, a television show, or through a conversation with someone who knows someone who…

The bad report about a friend stunned me. Without hesitation, I believed it. Anger, sadness, disappointment. All of those emotions followed me around the house as I prepared for a busy day of running errands and catching up on undone tasks. I threw my purse...

“Please, please don’t stop praying.  I don’t know how it works but I know it’s the only reason I can face the next minute.” My friend could barely speak through her tears. Her circumstances reminded me that life turns...

Twenty-four years ago we enjoyed a fun Fourth of July with our kids, their friends and extended family. For twenty-three years July 4th was always a double celebration as we also enjoyed remembering and thanking God for...

Since Chuck’s surgery on May 2, I’ve entered a world well known by millions of people who care for loved ones that often cannot care for themselves. My role as a care giver for Chuck during...

Since my update on Chuck last week, a lot has happened! He was moved from the rehab center to the hospital for treatment of extensive blood clots. The treatment requires careful oversight since his surgeon was concerned...

My friend and I talked quietly as we walked toward her bedroom. I knew I was on holy ground because supernatural grace flowed from her as she lived out the sovereignty of God in this very difficult pathway of life...

About a month ago, I spoke at the Presbyterian Church in America's (PCA) Transformed Women's Cconference. My workshop topic was "Living with Purpose: Purpose in the Afternoon of Life" here is audio from that conference. I hope you enjoy it!

"The Gospel Challenged Woman" was the name I chose for a women's class I taught a few years ago. Though I prepared studies from Ephesians 1 for the class, the study was really for me because I often live with unnecessary guilt and a sense of never being quite...

Carl Jung, secular psychiatrist, whose mentor was Sigmund Freud, seems to the be the first one who coined the phrase, "afternoon of life." He said,"Wholly unprepared, we embark upon the second half of life. Or are there perhaps colleges for forty-year-olds...

 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...