I had a dream! I would create a family exactly like the family of my maternal grandparents. My family would live all around me, nearby so they could visit often. Our home would be filled with laughter. Harmony would reign. …
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Last week we celebrated our 40th anniversary and watched our oldest grandchild graduate from high school. The month before our youngest child graduated from college. We had kids in college for twenty-one years! Now we’re dealing with a threatening health …
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The Backstory Yahweh is not a puny handwringing god. Rather, He is “the One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating calamity” (Isaiah 45:7a NASB). He is the Lord who does these things. He does them for our …
Continue Reading →This week the location of my happiest childhood memories went up in smoke. My grandma’s house was consumed by flames. A house fire claimed it all. I was nurtured by one of the best grandmas around and a cadre of …
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