Every time I read about Mary’s conversation with the angel who was sent to tell her she was chosen to carry the Savior of humanity, I’m amazed. Her simple surrender in Luke 1:38, “I am the Lord’s servant . . . May your word to me be fulfilled,” transformed the world. We don’t know if…
Today I woke in pain again, after a fitful night of little sleep. This season of pain has been long. Beginning in sixth grade with a knee injury and then throughout my life, including at all major life events, I have dealt with this same nagging pain of severe osteoarthritis. Spending my first day of…
Farming is unpredictable. Four years on our farm in East Tennessee, and that is probably the major lesson I have come away with. Rain is good. Too much rain is bad. Sun is good. Too much sun is bad. Predators are needed to keep the ecosystem in check. Unless they come after the animals you…
This is the third blog post I’ve written in the past twelve hours. I thought I had a great plan. The words had been flowing through my mind for the past couple of weeks, and I was going to write about social media influencers and our kids’ fascination with them. I even had some great…
God has so many facets, but one of my favorites is God the Creator. I love how he is an expert creator, but he left room for his creation to create, too. He could have created cars, computers, and coffee from the beginning, but he knew they would come to exist. He lovingly left room…
One day in April, my son and I took our kayak and paddleboard out on a local lake. We paddled leisurely around the lake, going farther than we usually do. The wind was against us when it blew, and the occasional gusts made it difficult to paddle. As I stood on the paddleboard, my body…