“They are going to think this is the best thing ever created,” I thought as I closed down my computer at the end of my workday.  I had set…

  My hurt son and I experienced the love of neighbor Jesus talks about most unusually this week. It was a small gesture of kindness big on compassion and love.…

  For months I have been praying for this new season to settle down, but changes keep coming at an increasing speed. I was longing for true security. I thought…

Heart deflated in my chest, I prayed that I would just fall asleep. I was over this day filled with hard news and a lack of clarity for the next…

I sat cross-legged on the puffy brown leather chair, heart twisted in despair, trying with all my might to get over myself, get up, and ready for work. I have…

I sat in a tall chair in the middle of the room surrounded by women’s faces smiling back at me. My heart was knocking with nerves even though I knew…

My husband and I stopped courting a long time ago. With three kids, two still in their elementary years, romance is an afterthought. We are lucky to have a date…

My nine-year-old son wriggled in anticipation while I carefully unfolded the piece of paper he had meticulously prepared as a gift for me. His eyes were huge with nervous excitement…

I woke up excited and full of energy. I had a whole list of things to do for the ministry and had just been reinvigorated by the Holy Spirit. But…

Six months into the new role, I realized I had made a grave mistake. It was the same mistake that had plagued much of my thirty-eight-year existence on earth. I…