I’ve never woken up and thought to myself, Hey, today seems like a great day to run a marathon. In fact, marathon running has never been my first thought in the morning. It never crossed my mind until recently, when I caught up with an old friend who had trained for one during winter in…
The Bible mentions wisdom approximately 218 times. Faith is mentioned approximately 270 times. Granted, wisdom appears more often in the Old Testament and faith more in the New Testament. I would imagine most Christ followers would agree that both are critical to following Jesus well. As I write this, some states in the US are…
I visited my parents today. As my mother potted plants and weeded flower beds, she pointed out the baby birds that were living in one of her flower pots. My daughter had been watching them emerge from their eggs and begin to grow. Just a few days after hatching, one of the babies had begun…
Jesus has just fed over 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish. He sends his disciples in a boat to the other side of the lake while he goes into the mountains to pray (Matt. 14:22-33). By evening, Jesus is alone on land, and the boat is a long way off. John’s…
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (Heb. 4:12 ESV) I winced. Here comes the needle. I’d already been poked earlier that day, and the phlebotomist had had trouble finding…
We ate steak at the fanciest place in town, me and my sister, our husbands, and our parents. Around the table, we joined Mom’s reminiscing. We retold our favorite stories of family vacations and holidays. We revealed some silly childhood secrets. And we listened to Mom’s stories from fifty years she and Dad spent together….