When I observe your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you set in place, what is a human being that you remember him, a son of man that you look after him? (Ps. 8:3-4 CSB) This past summer, I had the great fortune to spend many slow mornings on…
And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?” (Ex. 17:7 ESV) When things go wrong, do you find yourself quarreling with God? Have you tested the Lord’s patience by complaining? Let me sheepishly raise my hand…
I’ll never forget the day I missed my oldest daughter rolling over for the first time. My precious baby was in good hands, of course. My mother-in-law was watching her downstairs in our living room while I worked upstairs, futilely trying to run a nonprofit from my home office right after giving birth to my…
“My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?” (Ps. 42:2 NIV) “Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord and delight in his salvation.” (Ps. 35:9 NIV) Do a quick Google search of “good for the soul,” and you find the outdoors, confession, laughter, sunny days,…
I am typically an “in-the-moment” kind of gal. I’m all about spontaneous adventures, being present, and looking for magic in the little things. But when a solar eclipse was on a path to be witnessed by a huge swath of the United States in 2017, I found myself completely underwhelmed. Definitely not like me. For…
You’ve probably heard the cliché that motherhood is a gift—and it is, I’ve learned, but not always in the way I expected. Sometimes it feels like the Christmas I got socks and a toothbrush in my stocking. If it’s such a gift, why do I feel so bad at it? Is it this hard because…