I don’t care who you are or how romantic your story, even if it’s a fairytale come true. Everyone who’s married faces the challenge of marital harmony. Two broken people living together in a lifetime relationship presents a difficulty in …
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I’m heading into Easter less than two weeks post surgery. During Lent, I was preoccupied with forms, registrations, doctor’s visits, and lab work. Then surgery. Now I’m recovering. During this holy season, I’ve been often distracted with the concerns of …
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Relocation this time around was a test of faith of a different variety for us. God in his mercy protected us, carried us, and continues to go before us. So many prayers were answered for the sale of our house …
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God didn’t merely create the universe and then sit back to watch. From the very beginning, he sought relationship with us. God walked in the Garden with Adam and Eve, conversing in the cool of the day. When they chose …
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Even after forty-five years of being a follower of Christ, God’s faithfulness still astonishes me. In many ways I still hold on to the vestiges of my broken legalistic beginning. That mindset dictates that God’s affection for me is dependent upon …
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Days will come when everyone will let you down. We are far too complex for it to be any other way. We are created in the image of God, immortal souls, and our needs can only be fully met by …
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The world is a paradox. And it’s frightening. In it we find such natural wonder, gorgeous vistas, and stunning beauty that we are rocked to the core. We find the joy of family and the blessing of love. All of …
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At 2:00 a.m., I wake in pain. Terror compresses my chest. The shadow of death feels near. Chronic illness does this. Something is wrong at the cellular level, and my subconscious knows this. Peering at my iPhone, I distract myself, …
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As we remember the fulfillment of the best promise in human history – the birth of Christ, God in human flesh come to redeem us, I have the privilege of reviewing a book that speaks into the darkness of human …
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It’s our brokenness that drives us into Christ’s arms. Without an awareness of how broken we are, we wouldn’t think we needed Him, and we would be lost, without the constant comfort of His friendship and His promise of heaven. …
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