Last December 4, the howling Santa Ana winds that visit Southern California every year came tearing through Ventura County, where I’ve lived most of my life. They knocked the power out early, so I got in bed around 9:30. Before the power died, a friend had posted about a small wildfire in a nearby city…
I’ve been living in a state of deconstruction for four years. It’s not the first time I’ve described my life in this way, though, and I’m sure it won’t be the last. The first deconstruction began nine years ago and focused on my heart. God was dismantling the lies I believed about myself and the…
My heart rate increased as I felt heat rising in my face. I approached the empty stage with Bible and notes in hand, took a deep breath in an attempt to steady my shaking hands, and looked around the room. Taking in the attentive eyes and listening ears, and with weeks of preparation behind me,…
The audit team was in our office for two weeks, which felt like four. My normally pleasant work environment was stressful, and tempers were uncharacteristically short. My job as a subcontract manager for a company that supports the Department of Defense is to negotiate and award contracts to other companies that partner with us. Because…
Can you discover the depths of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty? (Job 11:7 NASB) My greatest joy in homeschooling is learning alongside my children. We start our day with a practice called Morning Time (although my kids say we should call it “Any Time” because it doesn’t always happen in the…
I have a habit of falling in love with houses over the internet. We made an offer on our last home before ever seeing it in person. Something deep inside me shifted when I saw the listing appear within our search criteria. We’d found home. My husband found our current home—also on the internet, of…