This week marks seven years since I buried my firstborn. In many ways it seems inconceivable that more than half a decade has passed since I held him in my arms. Yet in other ways, those events seem so distant that it almost feels like a different person experienced the devastating loss and …
I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it. (Luke 18:17) Wouldn’t it be great to view the burdens of this world through the innocent eyes of a child every now and then? Sometimes a vastly complex problem …
I had a pretty idyllic childhood. I was born into a multi-generational family of faith. Mine was the kind of family who was at the church building every time the doors were opened. As a young child, I learned all the characters of the Bible, from Daniel in the lion’s …
The moment my worst nightmare became a reality is seared into my memory. I can replay it like a video clip, over and over. The dim lighting, the hushed voices, the quiet, steady presence of my husband at my side. The nurse handing me a box of tissues, although my …
Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. (Jonah 3:3) I have never wanted to be a blogger. Expressing myself through the published word of some kind has always been a back-burner goal of mine, but a blog is the last place I expected to be making my …
