The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit. (John 3:8 NASB) I recently participated in a wonderful retreat with women from my church. Known as the Desert Sisters,…
Why God, do you turn a deaf ear? Why do you make yourself scarce? For as long as I remember I’ve been hurting; I’ve taken the worst you can hand out, and I’ve had it. Your wildfire anger has blazed through my life. I’m bleeding, black-and-blue. You’ve attacked me fiercely from every side, raining down…
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…
In 2014, Victoria Osteen made a statement that quickly hit the internet. “God wants you to be happy” she asserted. I remember rolling my eyes at her cheapened prosperity gospel. It’s not that God wants us to be miserable, but Scripture doesn’t support the idea that his chief aim is our happiness. The entire concept…
The other day I went on a first-grade field trip. We loaded up those iconic yellow buses full of energetic children and drove into the country, bound for a day full of adventures. Between me and the teacher, we had eighteen of those wild things in our care. We dragged nets through the lake looking…
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…