Remember the Morning Watch: A Call for Early Morning Devotions Over the summer I slacked off on my quiet times. I didn’t mean to, it just sort of happened. We didn’t need to rush out the door, so the mornings took on a more Saturday kind... Read More
Now What? How Parents Can Pray for Their College-Aged Kids He stopped me in the kitchen, wrapped his massive arms around me, and said, “I love you, Mom,” and that’s all it took for the dam to break. I had been purposefully keeping... Read More
What I’ve Learned from 25 Years of Marriage Heirs together in the grace of life 1 Peter 3:7 Twenty-five years ago today, we stood before God and a hundred and fifty witnesses and made some pretty audacious... Read More
The Key to Being Grateful Comes in the Least Expected Way This week I'm sharing a guest post I wrote for my writer friend, Twyla, and her series on gratitude. If you've ever struggled to have a healthy relationship with your body and... Read More
10 Articles to Ready Your Heart & Hands This Summer I’m convinced that May is really December with fewer layers. At the end of the school year, we have just as many parties to attend, choir concerts to endure, and teacher... Read More
Teach Us to Number Our Drives, That We May Gain the Hearts of Our Children My job as a Mom means my secondary office is my car. On days when we have sports commitments, I spend hours and hours shuttling my kids around town. This is nothing new for me,... Read More
Beware of the Mindless Scroll, and How to Behold What’s Beautiful Dear Daughter, The device you hold in your hand is an amazing tool. Its manifold uses are yet untold. When contemplating all the possibilities we often say, “the sky’s the... Read More
The Compassionate Heart of the Father for Lost People and Lost Spandex Over the weekend, we turned the house upside down looking for Gracie’s blue spandex. She was in a volleyball tournament and part of her uniform had seemingly vanished off the... Read More
This is the Love of God in 4-D and How it Changes Everything The prison guard moved around the empty cell layering mint green paint over the graffiti-filled walls. It was part of his job. When one inmate died, and before the next one moved... Read More
