My anticipation grew as I ascended the winding Georgia road. I was en route to a mountain home that was marked by southern hospitality and indescribable beauty. Continue Reading …
January
Is Scripture memory to you just another thing to do? What if you learned it is one of the greatest weapons with which to battle discouragement or depression? Continue Reading …
If prayer is the pipeline through which we communicate with God, do you ever feel like your plumbing is blocked? Continue Reading …
Yesterday, we examined three areas that Scripture warns can clog up our prayer lives. Today, let’s take a closer look at five more “prayer blockers.” Continue Reading …
Why do I need a tragedy to open my eyes to the pain and suffering that surrounds me? Continue Reading …
It's really a story about God and how He delights to use one ordinary woman to reach her family, church, country, and the world. Continue Reading …
Angie wasn’t pregnant with Audrey for very long before she knew something wasn’t right. Continue Reading …
"I cannot see to write these words because my eyes overflow with the tears of a mother who has been asked to give her daughter away." Continue Reading …
Exactly two weeks before her due date and two days before we were planning to travel for Christmas, my daughter called to tell me early labor had begun! Continue Reading …
You would've laughed if you’d seen me—skis and poles flying every which way, kids hurrying out of my way, grown men shouting over their shoulder, “You okay?" Continue Reading …
I always said that if Linda had been different, we could have been the best of friends. But she always seemed to have a wall up, and to keep me at arm’s length. Continue Reading …
Moms, please don’t let these days slip by too quickly. Stop to play. Stop to sing and rock. Stop to pray with your toddler. Continue Reading …
February
The implications of the postfeminist era for ministry in the local church are enormous . . . Continue Reading …
When I want want things to go my way or to succeed for my own glory, I sometimes run to Jesus like I would a lucky rabbit’s foot or pre-game ritual. Continue Reading …
A.H. was trafficked to Dallas/Ft. Worth and forced into prostitution when she was just a teen. Continue Reading …
Jesus has changed my life. I am so filled with love and joy that I am unrecognizable to even my husband. Continue Reading …
This was one of our best Valentine’s Days ever. By turning our attention from ourselves, we became vessels to demonstrate the love of God to others. Continue Reading …
When was the last time you felt . . . awe? I have to say, it is a feeling I feel entirely too infrequently. Except for lately. Continue Reading …
I was at my wits end with my husband. We’d been married just over a year and had some of the worst verbal, knock-down, drag-out fights of my life! Continue Reading …
Watch the change that occurs in your attitude and in the atmosphere when you intentionally engage in “speaking life” rather than “speaking bitterness.” Continue Reading …
When you find yourself forgetting or doubting once again, pick up the Word and sit under the cross in wonder. Continue Reading …