It’s been weeks since Easter. As everyone else seems to be moving on from the empty tomb, I can’t stop thinking about his resurrection. I think about the disciples after his crucifixion. Three days to process the inconceivable loss of their leader, teacher, mentor, friend, brother. Did they try to comfort themselves with the same…
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. (Matthew 9:13 NIV) I don’t remember if a certain person pointed out my sin or if I realized I was a sinner myself after attending church and my first small group. Either way, I’m sure I went through a period of denial—disbelief that I was…
There’s a concept in mathematics known as fractals. Without getting too far into the weeds with a definition, fractals are self-repeating patterns. Imagine a picture of hundreds of triangles within triangles. Zoom in one aspect of the triangle, and you find the same pattern as the larger picture; the repeating pattern allows you to zoom…
The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy. (Proverbs 12:22 NIV) My family and I recently went on a road trip that took us into Canada. When we were planning our trip from Michigan to Boston and noticed the most direct route sent us not only through Canada but directly through Niagara…
“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” (Ephesians 2.10, NLT) When my husband and I were house hunting, we drove down a sleepy dead-end street in the town I had chosen out of the myriad of…
I have a habit of falling in love with houses over the internet. We made an offer on our last home before ever seeing it in person. Something deep inside me shifted when I saw the listing appear within our search criteria. We’d found home. My husband found our current home—also on the internet, of…