Every morning around 3a.m., it begins. Churning. Spinning. Worrying thoughts. For the past few weeks, I have woken in the still-dark hours with my mind already on the hamster wheel, doing laps around so many things: my kids, my purpose, and most of all during this season, our future as a country. This year has…
Browsing through movies the other day, I noticed a theme. Big, Freaky Friday, The Parent Trap, Like Father Like Son, and 13 Going on 30, all considered fan favorites, involve the main character seeing the world from an entirely different perspective. In most of the movies I’ve highlighted above, characters make a wish and swap…
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. (John 1:5 NLT) As I type this, I’ve just received an email telling me my dream trip, the one I’ve been planning for two years, has been canceled. As you read this, on that trip is where I should be. I know…
It’s been a rough season. This year has tested us in ways we could never have imagined. We are likely sliding into the final days exhausted and overwhelmed. When I reach the place where I am undone, I reach for what I know to be true and look to examples of those who survived much…
I feel like I’ve been waiting my entire life. As a child, I spent my time waiting for Christmas, my birthday, and summer vacation. As I grew, I waited on graduation, turning twenty-one, and finding “the one.” In adulthood, I’ve waited for my husband to return from war, babies to be born, and planes to…
Over the past year, we have been confronted by fear on almost every side as we’ve faced health scares, school stressors, political tensions, isolation, loss, relational and financial strain. We’ve also borne witness to great acts of love: healthcare workers tirelessly caring for the sick, neighbors lending helping hands to those in need, grandparents learning…