“So I commend the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun.” (Eccl. 8:15 NIV) Does God really want us to eat,…
We recently went through the process of joining a new church, our eighth since my husband and I married 34 years ago. No, we are not chronic church-hoppers. We just move a lot. The questions we were asked as part of the new member process got me thinking about my church history. Unlike many who…
“The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are all over His works.” (Ps. 145:9 NKJV) Forty! Really? I read somewhere that your forties are a unique season wherein you are no longer young but not yet old. I’m finding this a bizarre reality. This birthday milestone gave me a violent push into reminiscing about…
Will celebrations be bigger and “better” this year? Recently, as I scrolled through social media, I noticed a friend’s comment on a birthday celebration photo of her daughter. The comment said, “She deserves this.” As I looked at the smiling face of my friend’s daughter, I wondered what the comment meant. Of course, with the…
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isa. 9:6 ESV) My worst Christmas was the year we almost had a white Christmas. Snow is a rare event in southern Louisiana. And snow on…
You’ve probably heard the cliché that motherhood is a gift—and it is, I’ve learned, but not always in the way I expected. Sometimes it feels like the Christmas I got socks and a toothbrush in my stocking. If it’s such a gift, why do I feel so bad at it? Is it this hard because…