Let’s ask ourselves, have we observed others carefully? Have we noticed their struggles and their needs? Have we considered how we might help them?
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I’m launching two books this month, the first time I’ve been invited to teach other women in our new church is this weekend, I recently returned from Wyoming, where I had a wonderful week with family, AND we’re with grandkids …
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Apart from Jesus, my husband is the best man I know. He’s the man working quietly behind the scenes. His actions show who he is, but you have to be observant, because he doesn’t draw attention to himself. He took …
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When we marry we discover a fact we may have overlooked. Our spouses are flawed. We may find ourselves blindsided by their humanity. No matter whether our spouses possess strong faith or not, still they will fail in many ways, for …
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I am broken. So are you. The older we grow, the more we realize it. We come into the world reeling from the violence of our births and equipped with a sinful nature, which begins destroying us before we’re even …
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Learning to Love, Part 5 The definition of the Greek word agape (benevolent and selfless love) gives us theological information, but what do we do with it? How do we live it? Jesus showed us. He lived it. We are to …
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Learning to Love, Part 4 “Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at …
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Lessons in Love, Part 1 I thought I was pretty good at loving people. I care about injustice. I strive for equality. I love my family and my husband. I serve in the prison. I care for the kids at …
Continue Reading →I still remember the first time I saw you, sixteen and mowing that enormous lawn. Love at first sight! We synced so fast! You were my first love, and my only love still. Any other boys were pawns in the match …
Continue Reading →Thinking of my newly widowed aunt on her birthday: In the darkness my husband and I burrowed deep into our cover-pile. The fan on low brought in the cool of the forty-degree evening, but we were cozy. Spooned and cocooned, …
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