My heart sank as I heard the teacher call my name. “Megan, you’re being checked out for a doctor’s appointment.” I couldn’t believe my poor luck. It was recess time, and today was the day the stars were finally going to align. I had been cast to play April and my crush would be playing…
Sometimes the simplest interactions with nature prompt us to have deep and meaningful conversations with our creator. Sometimes God uses his handiwork to exhort us to have those conversations with ourselves. I had one of those moments of discovery weeks ago while doing the mundane—taking my fur baby out for her midday “relief.” She quickly…
“God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27 NIV) At times in my life, I’ve looked in the mirror and wondered to myself, Who am I? Who is this person staring back at me? During the hardest times, I didn’t…
Sometimes I’m Leah and sometimes I’m Rachel. Sometimes I soar confidently, secure in my position and exhilarated by life. Sometimes I sink in a mire of insecurity and doubt. Sometimes I feel wrapped in layers of love, but other times I chase love like a never-ending marathon. Sometimes I am content, other times never satisfied….
Fifteen college students gather in a horseshoe of desks. It’s our last meeting of the year. “What’s your favorite Christmas memory?” he asks. I look around at the others, waiting for someone to speak up. I’m shy because my story, if I can even think of one, will be lame. Seconds later, in my mind’s…
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me” (Psalm 23:4 NASB). On my first long trip with my young Quarter Horse, Bert, we drove for over seven hours until we arrived at our destination….