I've dreamed of what it would be like to have a husband at home every night pouring himself into our family instead of working hard to shepherd the church. Continue Reading …
October
I've always felt like I am the odd one out . . . like everyone else is on the inside and I’m standing outside pleading to be let in. Continue Reading …
November
Have you ever walked away from an encounter and wished you could have added more? Continue Reading …
Invariably, one woman always waits to talk to me at an event until the bitter end, because she wants to confess something that makes her feel doubly shameful. Continue Reading …
You'll never hear this in pre-marital counseling: "We'd like to get married, have kids, start arguing, lose respect, and then go through an ugly divorce!" Continue Reading …
I ought to rejoice that “Christ is the end of the law for righteousness,” but I’m not sure that I always do . . . Continue Reading …
The medical term for it is seasonal affective disorder. I call it a plain ole funk and it happens to me every year about this time. Continue Reading …
This book has helped recalibrate my mind and my emotions by reminding me of God's sovereignty, His goodness, and His purposes for allowing trials in our lives. Continue Reading …
Protection from conflict produces soft, spoiled, and selfish people, while enduring conflict is more likely to produce someone strong, capable, and caring. Continue Reading …
When I'm tempted to wander through a wilderness of fear, deception, despair, and self-centered thinking, my Psalm 46 "faith marker" directs me back on track. Continue Reading …
Do you go to church with any single adults? Hopefully these ideas will foster a stronger connection between unmarried people and their local congregations. Continue Reading …
Is there room in our very-serious-about-the-sinfulness-of-sin theology to say that sometimes the Lord woos us into obedience through kisses rather than slaps? Continue Reading …
December
I’ve been digging my way through several books written in and about the 1800s, and was surprised to discover that a “true woman” movement isn’t unique to this generation. Continue Reading …
Do you ever feel your life is stuck in a routine that is plowing an ever deepening rut? Continue Reading …
Mario looks like the happiest man in the world, and his ear-to-ear smile only gets brighter when he looks at his wife. Intrigued, I had to ask his story. Continue Reading …
As we rounded the corner into the produce section, I saw an adorable older woman with no cart, no basket, just a few items in her hand including three bananas. Continue Reading …
Imagine being accused of a crime punishable by death . . . all because you’ve obeyed God. Continue Reading …
"Doda, you won my heart, but Grandfather won my soul." Continue Reading …
Scripture provides telling clues as to why Joseph was chosen to serve as the Holy Child's guardian, to care for the sacrificial Lamb. Continue Reading …
It's not that I have something against the friendly old guy with the red suit and reindeer. Even so, my husband and I have decided to ban Santa from our house. Continue Reading …
The lit tree and carols playing softly couldn’t hide the tension in our relationship. We couldn’t seem to communicate without some level of misunderstanding. Continue Reading …