My husband and I sat quietly in the corner, listening to the humming of the machines. It all seemed so surreal. How did we get here? Our son had been admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and was unresponsive. He was on a ventilator, and they were purposely paralyzing him while working on…
“You will never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.” ~Irish Proverb I’m a muller. I like to think things through before I make a decision. I’m not abysmally slow, mind you. If I’m at a restaurant, and the waiter starts with the person to my right, I’ll have a decision for…
The Glorious Table is thrilled to welcome Aubrey Sampson to the table today. Aubrey is the author of Overcomer: Breaking Down the Walls of Shame and Rebuilding Your Soul (Zondervan, 2015). Whoever said pain is a wise teacher hasn’t had their sixty year-old mother-in-law carry them to the bathroom. I woke up one morning in October 2015,…
The Glorious Table is happy to welcome Logan Wolfram to the table today. Logan is the author of the recently released Curious Faith (David C. Cook, 2016), which explores what is possible with a God who is unlimited, unpredictable, and ever-loving. “There is no passion to be found playing small—in settling for a life that is…
I was behind the wheel of my minivan, driving home with the kids on an average afternoon. The drive was long. My mind began to wander. I started thinking about some recent decisions my husband and I had made. Worry ensued. Anxiety settled in. I began to doubt. Then a full emotional unraveling commenced. Tears…
“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” (Heb. 11:1 NIV) It was spring. Every Wednesday afternoon, I left work and headed north with my bicycle strapped to the back of my car, eager to get in a nine-mile ride on Poplar Creek Trail before the mid-week service…