Life throws you curveballs sometimes, and they mess up your plans. Way to start with the obvious, huh? When you get one of these surprises while you’re young and without a husband or children counting on you, you have to worry only about you. When you’re married, you have a partner to share challenges. But…
Lord, increase our faith! Not long before Peter was accosted by the collectors of the temple tax in Capernaum, Jesus told his disciple, “If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you”…
My daughter is in that toddler stage. You know the one: the pulling-things-off-the-counter, scribbling-on-the-wall, face-smeared-in-peanut-butter stage. (Where did she even get that peanut butter? Oh, yes. From the puppy’s treat toy!) All this to say, my daughter is a busy one-and-a-half-year-old! She received a set of toy kitchen pots and pans for Christmas. Still, when…
Confession: Sometimes I don’t feel as confident as I sound. If you heard me speak from the stage, you might not believe me—at least until you learn more about my life. Even my husband questions my feelings of insecurity when I express them. He often tells me, “You never get nervous.” My response? “Ha! You…
“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they…
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…