The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,…
A varietal vegetable wonderland grows in rows and boxes in our yard. Even as frost lies on the ground, a garden blooms in my basement. Under artificial light, small seedlings burst from soil blocks. As long as I live, I hope I never lose the wonder of watching a seed become food. Eleven years ago,…
My first experience with true Anxiety came roaring in on the coattails of my introduction to motherhood. Don’t get me wrong. It’s not that I had never felt anxious before. You don’t live for long on this planet before walking through a moment (or six) of nervousness as you face the challenges of life. I’m…
I’m a worship leader by trade, and for the past year or so, music has been hard for me. I know this probably seems strange coming from someone whose career is fully entrenched in music, but at some point, it simply stopped bringing me joy and started to feel like work. This medium from which…
I’ll never forget the morning I gave birth to my first son. I felt such a sense of accomplishment as the nurse laid him on my chest and said, “It’s a boy!” I cried and kept repeating the phrase, “I did it! I did it!” I had been in labor for twelve hours, in excruciating…
I broke my ankle playing soccer back in high school. It needed surgery, and the healing took months of casts and crutches and braces. I went to my junior homecoming dance wearing one glittery high heel and one orthopedic boot. That, come to think of it, pretty much sums up my level of cool throughout…