Change. Sometimes change consists of simple joys, the gift of life’s best blessings. Change is clothed in a white dress and the peal of wedding bells when you trade your maiden name for your married one with the slip of that smooth ring on your finger and a kiss promising fidelity for a lifetime. Change…
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. (Eph. 4:1-3 NIV) Stay in your…
How were you first introduced to God? Maybe it was via a flannel-covered board in a Sunday school classroom. Or maybe it was through a revival or service of some kind where a person told you about who God is. Or maybe another person engaged you in conversation and shared their faith story. God is…
Recently, I’ve been working a second job as a private chauffeur. Driving a minivan all over town, I transport my teenage kids to and from work, friends’ houses, and various other places and events. It’s really not that great of a gig—I’m always on call, and I’ve never brought home a paycheck. Not to mention…
It started with a box of letters from Togo, West Africa. During a cross-country visit to see my husband’s family, my husband’s aunt, Shirley Cropsey, told me that someday, she wanted to write a book. During the 1980s and ’90s, when her family had been medical missionaries in Togo, West Africa, she sent hundreds and…
I think I may have thrived in another era. Not to say that I’m doing poorly in this one, but I do carry a bit of nostalgia for some social constructs of decades past. As an example, one of the things I loved as a child of the ’80s, which has since faded, is the…