It was early autumn. The leaves on the trees were golden as the afternoon sun slid behind the skyscrapers on my urban college campus. I stood at my professor’s car feeling alive. After a stimulating class discussion, I discovered another layer of thought with my fellow students. As I helped my professor with her bags,…
When tragedy devastates the landscape of our lives, where can we find hope? Recently, while traveling in Alaska, I rode past an area that had been ravaged by wildfire. The spruce trees that once dominated the landscape had been reduced to charred skeletons. But the sight that kept my camera clicking was the beautiful blanket…
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” (Gal. 6:9 NIV) Moving has provided many memorable stories and gleanings from the Lord. From fires to wallpaper removal, Jesus continues to teach me. This past summer was no different when we…
Early in my teaching career, an academic dean said to me and my colleagues, “You are the curriculum.” My life would educate my students as much as any textbook or lesson plan. Long after those first-year college students forgot how to structure an effective introductory paragraph or how to avoid run-on sentences, they would remember…
My two oldest kids are in ninth and seventh grade, so they can both attend the high school ministry at our church. One of them is not super keen on this activity, but I think it’s important to connect with other kids your age that share your faith. so I want him to at least…
Let me start with a story about how not to listen. When our son Matthew was eight, I traveled to London on business, accompanied by him and my husband. The plan: they would play while I worked. Before I showed up at my client’s corporate headquarters, I blew it with my son in the hotel…