“Return home and tell how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.” (Luke 8:39 NIV) As I sat in the church pew with my head bowed in prayer, I heard a voice reverberate so thunderously in my heart that it…
When the pandemic began in 2020, and the city I live in went into its first lockdown, I remember thinking, “We’ll make the best of it. We’ll hunker down and be cozy at home. We’ll eat lots of homemade soup. We’ll bake. We’ll craft. We’ll be the Ingalls family during the long winter.” Our usual…
“The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you,…
Maybe it’s all the time spent at home this past year making me more reflective, but I’ve been thinking with gratitude lately about women who have mentored me, encouraged me, and helped me along in my life. I don’t know if I would have thought of them as “mentors” at the times when they were…
My two-year-old just got his first real bed. Out went the hedgehogs, and in came Mickey Mouse. Out went “He’s down for the night,” and in came “He got out of bed again.” Out went the baby, and in strolled the boy. My husband and I have five kids, ranging from the aforementioned two-year-old to…
Dear God, I shoveled my elderly neighbor’s stoop this morning. He was angry that a closer neighbor, one he shares a porch with, never does his side. I shoveled the other neighbor’s side too, and it made the elderly neighbor angry. He said his neighbor didn’t deserve it. I told him nobody deserves anything. And…