“Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3) A few weeks ago, my family headed out for a mini-vacation at a resort town a few hours from home. It had been almost a year since we’d had any kind of a getaway, thanks to COVID-19. Our hotel had a…
Are you ready for back-to-school? With September (sometimes August) comes shopping for new school clothes and school supplies. Backpacks are filled and lists of required items are double-checked. Except, maybe they’re not. Perhaps you’re getting ready physically, but emotionally, you don’t have peace and are struggling with doubt. The start of this school year undoubtedly…
Last week, a friend of mine shared a meme. It depicted an old man in front of a bingo board. Above him was a picture of a weather radar showing twin hurricanes hurtling across the Gulf of Mexico. “Who had double hurricanes on their 2020 Bingo card?” the caption read. Twenty-twenty has certainly felt like…
I recently attended a benefit dinner for a local Bible camp. The missions committee at my church bought a table and invited my husband and me to take two of the seats. I wore the dress I had worn to my brother’s wedding, chandelier earrings, and very uncomfortable shoes. I entered the dining room on…
God knows us intimately, is with us all of the time, and is quick to forgive. He loves us and desires to help us. We know these things, yet still have the urge to hide from him and others when we make mistakes. From our earliest days, we choose hiding over honesty. Toddlers hide under…
Back in November, a neighbor gave me a mason jar of sourdough starter. Since then, I’ve been experimenting, and it has become a weekly habit to make a loaf of sourdough bread. I’ve been baking bread for a few years now, but I’ve realized that the time and effort to make a loaf of sourdough…