On a car ride back from Christmas in Pensacola with our families, as fresh newlyweds, I told my husband, Bryan, that I was miserable in my career. I’d earned a master’s degree, climbed the corporate ladder, and was helping run a Women in Leadership and Philanthropy program at a large state university. The female alumni…
At this point in the year, I am yearning to plant something, anything. We have been living in a world of ice and snow, wind and frost for months. My fingers ache to dig into warm soil. My nose longs to smell the dark, rich earth. My garden is planned; my seeds have been ordered…
Growing up in Florida, I never experienced four distinct seasons. When I migrated north in my late thirties, I quickly realized I did not care for snow, but I was captivated by the daffodils, tulips, and hyacinths that seemed to burst from the ground just as the snow melted. It still fascinates me that, after…
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. (2 Cor. 12:9 NIV) I recently took up knitting. As a young girl, I learned the basic…
Dear God, I shoveled my elderly neighbor’s stoop this morning. He was angry that a closer neighbor, one he shares a porch with, never does his side. I shoveled the other neighbor’s side too, and it made the elderly neighbor angry. He said his neighbor didn’t deserve it. I told him nobody deserves anything. And…
I feel like I’ve been waiting my entire life. As a child, I spent my time waiting for Christmas, my birthday, and summer vacation. As I grew, I waited on graduation, turning twenty-one, and finding “the one.” In adulthood, I’ve waited for my husband to return from war, babies to be born, and planes to…