Our family likes to watch talent shows (mostly for the singers)—American Idol, America’s Got Talent, and The Voice. My husband calls himself a talent junkie. He’ll put on one of the shows, and I’ll eventually creep in to join him. Sometimes the best part is the judges’ reactions, particularly when you can tell they’ve just…
You know when something feels like a chore instead of a joy? Something is off. Either you’re burned out or you’re not in your sweet spot. Maybe both. Vocations and relationships can both oscillate between exuberance and burnout, all in one tidy little pendulum. That vague feeling that something is blasé is a mild version…
In her book, Reclaiming Your Heart, Denise Hildreth Jones chronicles the ways her own heart shut down and how she reclaimed it. It has become one of my favorite books. What is extraordinary to me is the way God got this book into my hands before I knew I needed it. The year was 2014,…
It’s that time of year again; time to choose a word for the upcoming year. I’m not sure if having a word is as fashionable in 2022 as it was five or six years ago, but I appreciate the practice and intention. I’m sure everyone has their own method of choosing or discovering their word….
“Let your conversations be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” (Col. 4:6 NIV) Opportunities abound in this month of Thanksgiving for us to have big conversations with family and friends. I don’t consider myself a very quick thinker or very witty, so this freaks me…
With a blast of its whistle, the vintage locomotive shuddered to a stop along the tracks at the top of the bluff. The charming conductor tipped his hat and a grin spread beneath his handlebar mustache as he helped us down the stairs. We found ourselves in what felt like a scene straight out of…