I live in a small town in Missouri with one gas station, no stoplights, and only three restaurants. So, when I recently got the chance to choose anywhere I wanted to eat in Houston, the fourth-largest city in the United States, I was pretty excited about my options. I headed straight for Chinese food. It…
Obviously, I love being a grandparent. As a little girl, I grew up dreaming about raising a big family and have seen those dreams come true. I always knew my children would be an enormous blessing, but what I didn’t know way back then was how amazing the second blessing would be when I became…
In every generation are giants in the faith who fall after years of service in the ministry. Whether local pastors or major television personalities, their stories are splashed across the media, and their circumstances, secrets, and salvation are debated. Our reactions tend to vary. Some of us quietly turn our heads, hoping to be polite…
Let me start with a story about how not to listen. When our son Matthew was eight, I traveled to London on business, accompanied by him and my husband. The plan: they would play while I worked. Before I showed up at my client’s corporate headquarters, I blew it with my son in the hotel…
“And next to them the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord.” (Neh. 3:5 ESV) As soon as we entered the building, we knew something wasn’t right. I was teaching kindergarten in a trailer-like building behind the church sanctuary and elementary school. When we arrived at school one morning, we found…
Perched on my kitchen barstool, eyes fixed on my laptop screen, I opened a Word document and prepared to write. But social media beckoned, Come see what your friends are doing. Advertisements enticed, Come see what’s on sale. Click bait urged, Stop and read this article. An hour later, my Word doc was still blank….