Some of my most valuable possessions are in a plastic box with a snap top. It sits on a shelf in my garage surrounded by Christmas decorations, out-of-season clothes, and old VHS tapes. As I prepared to clean out the garage last week, I pulled my treasure chest off the shelf. Because it’s stuffed full,…
I’m a literal person. I struggle to enjoy stories with unrealistic, abstract concepts like time travel or multiple dimensions. I suppose I like everything, even my entertainment, to be neat and tidy and linear. (This is probably why I love Disney movies so much.) As soon as I was old enough to understand that God…
Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” (John 4:13–14 NIV) Last night I climbed into bed exhausted—not physically so much as…
In the past six months, I’ve watched two of our former college students battle cancer, a friend lose her house to a flood, another friend lose a child, and another friend lose her husband. I say I’ve watched because I haven’t done much else. I did read blog posts and hit “Like.” I prayed. And I…
Once upon a time, I was an adventurer. I was fearless. I lived each day to the fullest. Carpe diem and all that. I climbed mountains and flew across oceans. My passion to share Jesus was a fire burning, and I wanted to spread it across the world. I prayed aloud all the time, whether in…
I stand at the sink, watching the sun come up over the horizon, thinking about my long to-do list for the day. I am a child of God, a wife, and a mother, in that order; a daughter, a friend, and a mentor. I have more than one job, more than one obligation. My dishes…