“You don’t have to start a new organization, or write a book, or start a new blog. Just make disciples.” ~David Platt We see so many “big” efforts for Christ, especially on sites like Facebook and Twitter. Fundraisers for charity organizations. Viral blog posts encouraging others. Campaigns to end human trafficking. Crusades bringing the lost…
Reflection hurts. And I have a few spots in my past that make my heart hurt when I think about them. I imagine we all have something like that in our lives. Memories that cause us pain. Either because of something we did or something we didn’t do or something that happened to us or…
I run my hand over the cool, marble gravestone, then step back as tears fill my eyes. It’s hard to believe it’s been eleven years since our sweet boy entered the gates of heaven. As I stare at his name etched in ebony next to his sister’s, the memories flash through my mind. My heart…
What do we do when healing doesn’t come? When we’ve prayed all the prayers our friends and spiritual mentors told us to pray, when everyone in the Christian community is looking at us like it must be our fault, when we’ve confessed all our sins and done all we can do, yet healing doesn’t come. I…
The Bible tells us that when he learned Lazarus was sick, Jesus “stayed where he was for the next two days” (John 11:6, NLT). This meant that when Jesus arrived in Bethany, Lazarus had been dead for four days. Both Martha and Mary confronted him, saying, “Lord, if only you had been here, my brother…
Virginia was hit hard with snow this year. Our boys, ages ten and a half and nine, have had two extended winter breaks from school—the normal Christmas break and then an additional extended break, when my nerves were a little raw one morning as we entered the Y. Our conversation went like this: “Elijah, watch…