The Bible story of Simon Peter and his brother meeting Jesus is one of my favorites. After a long night on the water, Peter didn’t think it was possible to catch anything. He tried everything, pulled out all the tricks he’d learned over the years, and still came home nothing. Because he was a fisherman…
Our boys are twenty months apart in age, and when they were young, we lived in a small town that required us to drive about twenty-five minutes each way to the grocery store. Once, after this half-day event, I was loading groceries and kids into our car on the cusp of meltdowns into our car…
“For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.” (Eccl. 3:1 NLT) I have to confess that I’ve spent most of my life waiting for the next season of life. When I was in high school, I couldn’t wait to start college. Once at university, I started looking for Mr. Right,…
My girls are sixteen and fourteen, so we still have a little time before they launch into the world on their own. My goal is that they will be confident in their worth and in their identity in Christ. I have been grateful for the parents who have shared their wisdom along the way, helping…
“Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.” (John 14:12 NIV) I had a friend in high school with a white Camaro. Classic car. Meticulously restored. White-glove-clean inside and out. But whenever this…
If I’m being honest here, the past year has been tough. My husband was injured on the first day of our long-awaited three-week vacation, and we had to rush home so he could have surgery. After months of rehab, just as he was regaining his strength, he lost his job. Then I suffered a traumatic…