“There are two ways of getting home; and one of them is to stay there. The other is to walk round the whole world till we come back to the same place,” ~G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy Many people spend some portion of their adult lives trying to get back home spiritually. We sense we’ve lost our…
The truck eased off the highway and came to a stop in a cloud of dust. It was day five of our cross-country road trip, towing our new home behind us, and our tank was nearing empty—both literally and figuratively. Nevada stretched before us, reaching as far as our eyes could see. A narrow ribbon…
For many of us, the shortest month of the year seems to drag on forever. No matter where you live, days seem darker and drearier. It’s colder than normal. All the fun and hubbub of Christmas and the new year feel like a distant memory. Where I live, in the Mid-Atlantic region, February is when…
Letting your babies go is so hard. I’m sure you can recall all the details of the day when each one of your kids headed out into this great big world for the first time, with probably with their hero-of-the-moment adorning their backpack and matching lunch box as they kissed you goodbye with both fear…
I can do anything for a season. This became my survival mantra during a particularly difficult season in 2016 after a 600-mile move from Pennsylvania to South Carolina, downsizing from a 2,000–square-foot house to a 1,200-square-foot condo, a change in vocation (and drastic cut in income) for my husband, and me leaving a job where…
To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven. (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NKJV) I’m starting to realize it’s good for me to view my life in seasons. Just as the earth experiences spring, summer, fall, and winter, we too have seasons in our lives. Some are full and bounteous, some bitter and…