Weddings are wonderful, aren’t they? We could probably plop down on some big comfy couches and chit chat for hours about the details of our own weddings. Okay, so maybe not everything was perfect, but we can pretend! Can you remember the days when you and maybe a couple of friends lay belly down on…
“Sometimes we ask God for healing when He wants to give us a resurrection.” ~Unknown Today is Holy Saturday. We are between two of the most pivotal days in the Christian faith—Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Good Friday reminded us how Jesus became the ultimate sacrifice for all our sins, and how through his innocent…
My husband and I sat quietly in the corner, listening to the humming of the machines. It all seemed so surreal. How did we get here? Our son had been admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and was unresponsive. He was on a ventilator, and they were purposely paralyzing him while working on…
The mother of Jesus sat on the ground. Her tears fell into the dirt. Above her, Mary’s firstborn son was dying, nailed to a wooden cross. The deafening crowd was shouting “Crucify him!” The disciples had scattered, leaving only John by her side. The chilling sight of her son, beaten and dying, must have shaken…
I come from an enormous family. So huge, in fact, that my husband still needs me to give him a rundown of my extended family before we arrive at an event, and we’ve been married for thirteen years. I have approximately two thousand cousins who are all great, and I love them dearly. My cousin…
Easter is my favorite Sunday. Break out the fine china, the water goblets, and a thousand plastic eggs. Yes, you read that correctly—a thousand plastic eggs. At my house, Easter has always been go big or go home time. It started out innocently enough the first year we hosted—food, fellowship, and fun. The guest list…