I’m a questioner. I knew this without putting a label to it, but Gretchen Rubin, in her book The Four Tendencies, labeled it for me and offered me confirmation. Questioners are happy to do anything for anyone, but first we must be assured it makes sense. We have to know we’re making the effort for…
Several years ago, I served on our church prayer team. Every Sunday I had the privilege of praying for and alongside women for physical and emotional healing or about marriage restoration, job loss, family strife, prodigal sons and daughters, barrenness, and plain discouragement. One Sunday, an amazing thing happened. A woman came to the altar…
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. (Isaiah 41:10 NIV) A few years ago, I was asked to step into a ministry leadership role. Over the previous few years,…
Every summer of my childhood growing up in a coastal city, I spent many days coated in sunscreen and sand, swimming in water that made my lips turn blue. The plots of land near the water were only half-developed back then so we would park down random alleyways that had big sandlots where houses would…
I’ve never really liked the term housewife or understood where it comes from. I’m not the wife of a house. Being called a homemaker though? Right up my alley. It’s a picturesque, eloquent label. It speaks of creative juices and hard work mingling to conjure up a place of cozy belonging. It’s a goal and…
“When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug. And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters. When Serug had lived 30years, he became the father of Nahor. And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had…