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Big Requests and Little Ones
I was seated at a round table in the fellowship hall of a local church, my hands wrapped around the warm paper cup and my elbows perched amidst the crumbs...
Staying Close to God
Lately, I feel myself drifting, like a kite, being battered gently by the demands of life. Sometimes the skies are blue, and the breeze is warm and gentle. Other times...
Get a Fistful of Dirt
I am a subpar gardener. One thing I thoroughly enjoy, however, is ripping out the dead plants which have failed to produce in order to make space for the healthy...
Faith in the Choppy Waters
Each summer of my childhood, my family and I would spend a week in July boat camping at Lake Powell. We would pack the small little fishing boat with our...
Just What Do You Really Want?
My eight-year-old wants to fly. I don’t mean fly airplanes, I mean physically fly. Like a bird. For months she would pray at night for God to give her the...
Lessons from My Discipline Failures
I lay in the quiet and try to focus my thoughts. I hear the shower running in the other room as the light begins to filter in through the shutters....
Are You Obsessed or Surrendered?
When I was pregnant with my first child, the doctor told me that the hardest part of the entire process was going to be giving up control. I laughed it...
