Have you heard the story of David? Not the one where he slays the giant. And not the one where he sleeps with another man’s wife and then has that man killed in battle. No, not even the one where his own son tries to steal his throne. I am talking about the time when…
The first wagon train crossed the American west on what became known as the Oregon Trail over one hundred eighty years ago. In each state along the trail, signs of the immigrants’ passing are still visible. For the next few decades after those first intrepid pioneers set out, hundreds of thousands of wagons churned up…
The words came through my car’s speakers, but they could have just as easily come from my own lips. “My heart is breaking in a way I never thought it could. My mind is racing with the question, “Are you still good?” That was my question. The collective loss of the past few months left…
This is a story about idolatry. It begins in 2020. The pandemic was throwing the world into a panic. Government was getting so far into people’s business that it was forcing them to lose jobs, inject new vaccines, wear masks, not leave their homes, not worship, not sing or eat with one another. You were…
Three months after we announced our first pregnancy, my sister called to tell me she was pregnant, but hesitation hovered in her voice. “Erin, why do you sound weird about it?” I asked. She was worried news of her fifth pregnancy might make me feel pushed out of the limelight. And to be honest, her…
No one likes to fail. Sure, we try to dress it up like Thomas Edison who said, “I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Or Albert Einstein, “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” Yes, failure is a part of life. But that doesn’t make it…