The doctor’s cheery voice gave way to a clipped monotone. He left the room and returned with a female technician. I assumed he was simply inexperienced at doing ultrasounds and bristled with irritation as the woman redid everything he had just done. Then the woman put her hand on my arm and said the words…
“With Jesus, even in our darkest moments the best remains and the very best is yet to be.” ~Corrie Ten Boom How often do you find yourself right where you want to be? Where life has slipped into that pinnacle groove you imagined as a kid. The success, the house, the family, the freedom, the…
When you’ve been living in a space for a while, it can be hard to see the possibilities. Quieting your space is a simple practice that will jump-start your creativity and give you a fresh perspective. It’s kind of like a body cleanse for your home, only there’s less time spent in the bathroom (unless…
I started attending church in the eighties when my family joined a small, conservative congregation. We sat in hard, wooden pews. The stained-glass windows let in green-tinted sunlight. Hymnals provided a guide for four-part harmony, and King James gave us our Bible verses. Every week, between the songs and the sermon, we passed a brass…
The invitation came in the mail and immediately sent me spinning down memory lane. How was it already time for our twenty-year high school reunion? Graduation felt like yesterday. It also felt like a completely separate lifetime. As the class of 1998 took to Facebook to share dusty photos dug out of attics and basements,…
Remind the people…to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone. (Titus 3:1–2 NIV) Do you, like me, sometimes want to hide in a dark closet when you read the word gentle in Scripture? When I read this passage, though, I saw the idea of being gentle comes…