I run my hand over the cool, marble gravestone, then step back as tears fill my eyes. It’s hard to believe it’s been eleven years since our sweet boy entered the gates of heaven. As I stare at his name etched in ebony next to his sister’s, the memories flash through my mind. My heart…
What do we do when healing doesn’t come? When we’ve prayed all the prayers our friends and spiritual mentors told us to pray, when everyone in the Christian community is looking at us like it must be our fault, when we’ve confessed all our sins and done all we can do, yet healing doesn’t come. I…
The Bible tells us that when he learned Lazarus was sick, Jesus “stayed where he was for the next two days” (John 11:6, NLT). This meant that when Jesus arrived in Bethany, Lazarus had been dead for four days. Both Martha and Mary confronted him, saying, “Lord, if only you had been here, my brother…
Virginia was hit hard with snow this year. Our boys, ages ten and a half and nine, have had two extended winter breaks from school—the normal Christmas break and then an additional extended break, when my nerves were a little raw one morning as we entered the Y. Our conversation went like this: “Elijah, watch…
Across the street from my house, the road had begun to dip where two concrete sections came together. The sidewalk was sinking too. It happened over a long period of time from settling and the dry Texas soil, so I don’t know exactly when the problem started. But there was no doubt the road and…
I don’t generally feel like I have big needs. My family is healthy, we have a lovely home, and I run to the grocery store on a regular basis. We have, for the most part, everything we need. And yet there are days I feel that emptiness, that something that I need, and it is…