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Our Broken Hearts Were Made for More
The more time I spend in Scripture, the more relevance I draw from the inspired word of God in application to the ordinary life around me. In our culture as...
Your Rooted Habits of Sin, and Mine
You have your list of sins, sister. I have mine, including my favorites, the ones I don't want to actually stamp out, or, as the Gospel tells us, cut off....
Resting in Him, Not My Accomplishments
I don't want to be last . . . at anything. I fight the desire and temptation to be seen and noticed—whether that's by my husband, or friends, or strangers...
Open to Life, Open to His Will
I was in the throes of dealing with another positive pregnancy test. The overwhelming emotions of anxiety, fear, frustration, disbelief, and exhaustion crowded out the beautiful possibility of new life,...
The Father Knows Best
When I was five years old, I skipped kindergarten. To my horror, I was placed in a foreign classroom and overwhelmed by my new freedoms as a 1st grader. Our...
Hearts Closed by Stones upon Stones
The words spoken by Jesus in today’s Gospel always remind me of a love song. These words are a love song of redemption and restoration that Jesus sings over each...
Transfiguring Our Expectations
In today's culture, we are bombarded with messages that faithfulness can mean an absence of suffering. They tell us that if we pray hard enough and follow the rules well...
The Gift of Good Shepherds
I sat on a couch with a coffee cup between my hands and listened in amazement to the words coming from his mouth. I hadn’t told him about any of...
Not Today, Satan!
“Not today, Satan!” “Get behind me, Satan!” These have become popular phrases proclaimed by many Christians. But when we are run down, going through personal storms, repeatedly hearing fear and...
This Healing Requires Two Touches
A blind man is led to Jesus. He stands in silent darkness. The crowds beg Jesus to touch him. They have seen the power of His miracles and they come...
Inexhaustible Generosity
“It’ll never happen,” I’d think to myself as the negative test rested firmly in my hand. Because I knew before I could look. That lonely line danced across any sliver...
Parenting Our Children to Win the Battle
Nothing fills me with more anxiety than contemplating the eventual adolescence and early adulthood of my five children. I remember my own high school antics and college lunacy with a...
