I am an oldest child. I am a planner and a goal-setter. I have big dreams and plans, and I know exactly how I am going to get there. Then came the drought of 2021. The average rainfall on our North Dakota farm during the growing season is eighteen inches. This year we have had…
After a grueling season of working twelve-hour days, seven days a week, my husband’s time off finally arrived! When you work in football, you do not have the freedom to choose your vacation time, but you do get almost four glorious weeks off each summer. We had made our plans, filling these long-anticipated days with…
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. (1 Cor. 6:19-20 NIV) Our bodies are wonderful, mysterious creations of God. They experience all…
Nestled just a few chapters into the fourth book of the larger collection of chapters we call Psalms is a song. But this is song is unlike most others. This is a song for Sabbath. A psalm filled with promises of praise and rest. In the midst of perhaps one of the most emotional and…
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. (Prov. 16:3 NIV) I am a huge fan of goals and plans. Correction: I am a huge fan of making goals and plans. Sticking with them, however, is a whole other thing. In January, I am one of those people who tends to make…
How can we be here again? That was my thought when, for the third time in five years, the head coach my husband worked for was fired. For those unfamiliar with the world of big-time football, when the head coach is fired, it seldom bodes well for the rest of the staff. The incoming head…