Backwards Math   Wanna know what the secret to joy in the Christian life is? Every year, countless sermons, devotionals, and blogs dole out steps to inching closer to......

A Momma Story (with a redemptive ending)   ***What you are about to read is a recap of a day that unfolded several years ago. My kids were really little,......

Releasing That Brings Receiving “What are you most resistant to let go of?” she asked matter-of-factly. My eyes darted to the floor. Immediately, I began to wrestle. The question hung......

The Right Direction For Hope “Don’t get your hopes up.” I’ve heard the warning, felt the pessimism creep into the cracks. There’s a good chance you have, at one point......

Restoring Wonder I know. I’m bordering on broken-record-ness. God is good. Repeat. Repeat again. What more can I say, really? Well…I don’t know about you, but I am a forgetful,......

Even If You Don’t   How can you sing the lyric, “It is well with my soul,” when the answer is long in coming? Or perhaps when the answer is......

Every time we move we have one of these. No doubt you have too. It’s the smaller box they use for parts of things the movers have disassembled. That’s its......

As I left the doctor’s office with news of “You had better rest and take care of yourself or your body is going to shut down on you!” I started......

I’ve seen the pictures of troops on the front lines during the holidays. I’ve seen pictures of them in chow halls and outposts and pictures of their families with empty......

Why is the birth of Jesus good news? Consider the verses of Matthew 1:18-24, “Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had......