“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day…
Have you ever noticed that little kids tend to communicate to others the same things that have been communicated to them? One time while I was in college, I was at a picnic hosted by one of the families on staff with our campus ministry. During the course of the event, I found myself sitting…
I never considered myself an angry person. An emotional person, yes, but angry? Not me. However, something shifted about two years ago that made me begin to see myself as angry. That shift was having kids. The change didn’t take place right after giving birth. Babies can’t do much for themselves, and while they cry a…
“And He said, ‘Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.” (Genesis 32:28 HCSB) Allow me to recall the public arena where my daughter and I experienced our first grocery store throwdown. I was seven months pregnant with treasure number two….
“One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one’s capacity. “ ~Pierre Auguste Renoir I am an absolute chicken. I am not one to take risks. I don’t wear trendy patterned fabrics. I eat vanilla ice cream. I have no desire to try “dangerous” sports like wakeboarding or skydiving. I like comfortable…
She was young, she was loud, and she made me sweat. This thirteen-year-old girl could get me more off my game than most. She wasn’t like the other girls in my group. Those girls nodded their heads while I talked and hid their nerves behind polite conversation. Not Britt. Every Wednesday I fought flutters in…