The glowing embers seemed to reflect as brightly in my eyes as the flames had until the water bucket smothered them. Beautiful, I thought, how the embers from the campfire that cooked our food and gave us warmth will now linger, ready to reignite if given the chance. As I stared into the darkness, there was…
When my son was learning to talk, he started coming to me, holding out his sippy cup and saying, “Minute? Minute?” I knew he often asked for a refill because he wanted attention, not because he was really thirsty. This was a little irritating when I was busy. Instead of immediately stopping what I was…
When I first came to faith, the thing I struggled with most was what to do next. Everyone told me that the best way to get to know God was to read the Bible. Since I didn’t grow up in the faith, this seemed like an impossible task. I could make it through most of…
“That is why I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.” (Matt 13:13 CSB) We have grown accustomed to clickable headlines, sharable memes, and quoteable tweets. Without researching the backstory (sometimes without reading the whole article), social media users are quick to share…
Have you ever felt terrified? Not just afraid, but really, truly terrified? Perhaps you thought you were going to die, or perhaps you came face-to-face with your greatest fear? For me, one of these moments happened when I experienced my first anaphylactic reaction. I was in my early thirties when my palms and the bottoms…
Have you ever been going through a time of hard questions when a well-meaning Christian tossed out a platitude like, “God won’t give you more than you can bear,” or “When God closes one door, another one opens,” or, my most-decidedly-unhelpful favorite, “A Bible that’s falling apart belongs to someone who isn’t”? Instead of being…