The moving van pulled up to our house for the third time in twenty-one months. Without any job prospects in sight, we were moving out of the house we had been renting in Kentucky and back into the home we had been unable to sell in Virginia. The past few months had been hard. We…
My physics professor at North Dakota State University was brilliant. He stood in front of the 450- seat auditorium and performed complex equations, the chalk in his hand ricocheting shrapnel as he pounded on the blackboard to stress the answer. He used at least one whole stick of chalk during each lecture. But his genius…
Lately, rather than being jealous of the highlight reels others share on social media, I’ve been jealous of my own. Memories of the adventures I shared with my husband in the pre-COVID-19 world brought me to tears. I had a dream, set a goal, and knocked it out of the park. Will I ever be…
Every marriage has some kind of love story behind it. My husband’s and mine began in college, like many. This year, we celebrated our fifteen year wedding anniversary. Our story is one that only God could have written. Sharing it here, I hope to celebrate our love and glorify our heavenly Father. Mike and I…
One of God’s most mysterious qualities is that he’s always there, yet we can experience his presence in a specific moment or a specific place. This can happen anywhere, unexpectedly, at any time. But maybe even more miraculously, it can also happen according to a predictable rhythm. There are a few times every year that…
“You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed; You have guided them by your strength to your holy abode.” (Exodus 15:13 ESV) Fear is a powerful motivator. A runner finds a new level of fast when being pursued by an angry dog. Students fearful of a failing grade deepen their…