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When You Feel like the 99 Left Behind
“Those aren’t from the cats.” I was referring to the cuts all over my little sister’s legs. The same cuts she had previously told my parents were from our pets....
Learning What Surrender Actually Is
I’ve always been the kind of person who doesn’t shy away from putting her heart on the line. Whether it’s a professional aspiration, a personal relationship, or a split-second decision,...
More Often in Whispers than Tempests
August 9th never passes without remembering my brother-in-law. He was killed on this day ten years ago in a small airplane crash in Alaska. It was a crash that my...
The Vision Still Has Its Time
I lowered my voice and slowly led the ladies in my coaching group through a visualization exercise. I invited them to ask the Holy Spirit to inspire their imaginations and...
Take Them to the Lord in Prayer
He wasn’t returning our phone calls or responding to our text messages. We called his brother and his employees but it seemed that he vanished in plain sight. And with...
The Faith of My Ancestors
I often imagine my great-great grandmother courageously sailing to the United States with my great-great grandfather, an eighteen-month-old daughter, and a swollen, pregnant belly. In 1907, they left their home...
Not Even a Mangy Dog
I have a persistent, fluffy white shadow named Otto. His hundred-pound frame follows me from room to room, flopping with a satisfied groan at my feet when I pause for...
Enfolded and Restored in His Love
When I was first coming back to the faith, I was almost incredulous at the goodness and kindness of the people I was meeting in the Church. I was particularly...
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...
Shout It From the Rooftop
I’m a realist, a glass-half-empty kind of woman, and if I’m not careful, I can formulate worst case scenarios in my head and lose hope. I’m also not very emotional...
The Weight of His Sorrow
"The followers of John the Baptist took away his corpse, buried him, and went and told Jesus" (Matthew 14:12). “John has died. He was beheaded by Herod.” Are these the...
Feeling Without Honor
“A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and in his own house” (Matthew 13:57). I slammed the fridge door shut, just for the satisfaction of the...
