My father said something to me recently, words that have haunted many of my waking moments and caused me to seek the Lord when I wake with a pounding in my chest. Upon learning that he had been diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver, my father bitterly decried the latter half of his life as…
I wake early again and toss and turn in my bed for a while. I can tell it’s early morning because no sunlight is streaming in through our bedroom windows—and I am groggy. I try to fall back asleep, staying still in my warm bed with my husband lying quietly next to me, but it’s…
This time of year, so many of us are thinking about new beginnings. I used to think of beginnings as just the means to an end. But since a beginning itself can teach us so much, I want to invite you on a journey across space and time, to the moments just before creation. “In…
A bit weary after working too many long hours editing and writing, I decided I needed to give myself an extra day off. Most people have a go-to activity or two when they have a stretch of free time. They bake or go fishing. They shop or visit a museum. They set up model trains…
Have you ever gained a job, a friend, or even a spouse initially based on someone else’s recommendation? It matters when someone says, “I know this person.” A personal reference means so much more than words printed on a resume. Mark 8:27–29 says, Jesus and his disciples left Galilee and went up to the villages…
When the people of Israel saw the mighty power that the Lord had unleashed against the Egyptians, they were filled with awe before him. They put their faith in the Lord and in his servant Moses. (Exodus 14:31 NLT) Sometimes God takes us out of our comfortable lives to show us how much we need…