When I was in my late teens and early twenties, one of my biggest worries was that I wouldn’t find someone who was willing to love me and commit to be my life partner. I went to a Christian university where many women attended only for their “MRS degree.” Ironically, despite my concern, I balked…
Growing up, I had limited personal experience with people of different abilities. But when our firstborn son was diagnosed with a genetic disorder that explained his developmental delays and health issues, I was abruptly plunged into the world of special needs parenting. As our son— has grown from a curly-topped toddler to a spunky, hilarious…
Growing up, we only ate one type of white rice: Assyrian rice. My Nana made the best rice, and when I was living on my own, I spent a day with her learning the secret to making rice just like her. My Nana’s recipe for Assyrian rice is a true labor of love. It starts…
My life changed in late July 2016. It was high summer in Minnesota, the payoff for living through the winters here. My husband and I had plans for a trip to Nashville during the third weekend of August. A writer’s organization to which I belong was having its annual conference and awards gala, and I…
For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. (Rom. 12:4-5) It had been six long months since I had stepped foot inside our church building. Six…
“He has shown to you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8 NIV) I think it’s safe to say no one could have anticipated what 2020 brought into our lives. With the advent…