“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love.” (1 Corinthians 16:13-14 NIV) My word for 2019 is believe. I have spent many moments thinking about this word and how it impacts my life – both today and in the future. I have taken time to consider what…
There was a woman who spent her life hiding. She hid in her home; she hid in bravado; she hid in toxic relationships. The day Jesus went after her, she was hiding in plain sight. I wish I knew her name and could invite her to coffee. I want to hear more about the conversation…
If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. (Galatians 5:25 NASB). In the context of this verse, walk refers not to a person’s gait but to the rule or manner of life, to how one lives out the faith. Most often, the Greek word translated walk is peripateo. As I…
Have you ever leash-trained a dog? We’re on our third Labrador, and we haven’t successfully leash-trained one yet. Our first dog never needed it; she naturally stayed with us and behaved on walks. Our third and current dog came to us at the age of six via our son’s fraternity. He has plenty of bad…
You shall therefore love the Lord your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always. (Deuteronomy 11:1 ESV) “I forgot real quick,” my younger daughter says when I scold her for doing something I asked her not to do a few minutes earlier. Her brutal honesty is humorous after the…
My husband, Ben, and I recently needed to sell two houses, both purchased prior to our meeting each other and just before the housing bubble burst in 2008. We were also simultaneously renovating a 1966 fixer-upper to move into once our other houses sold. This was a crazy-busy time for us, our three young children,…