I happened to get an earlier start on my walk than usual the other day. The sun was beginning to break through a thick fog and all of the...

As I was reading through Psalm 27 this morning, I was reminded how powerful the presence of God is. David is feeling the effects of evil...

Do you ever feel like God is hiding from you…that finding Him and hearing His voice seems like SO much work? In Jeremiah 29:13,14 it...

Do you ever feel like you don’t really have any words left to pray? As moms, we do SO MANY WORDS EVERY.SINGLE.DAY. I’ve got GREAT news...

How will our children know that God is good unless we tell them…unless they see it walked out in front of them? If they mostly see...

FEAR. It’s every woman’s battle. It’s every mom’s battle and certainly every homeschool mom’s battle. We worry about our kids, their...

It’s a fact that in our lifetime we will spend at least 3 years waiting…waiting for stoplights, doctor’s appointments, sitting in...

Christmas revolves around the arrival of Jesus, God with skin on. This alone is really more than we can comprehend: The God of the...

I never understood how both deep grief and powerful joy could be experienced simultaneously until a little over 7 years ago. We’d lost...

Galatians 6:4,5 “Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to...

We live in an old house. It was built in 1924. I often think about all that these walls have seen and heard. Through the great...

“Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.” 1 John 5:21 NLT Out of the 4 chapters I read today,...

I love coffee…dark and strong with a little heavy cream and light sweetener. I’m not addicted to the caffeine (well, maybe a little), I...

I realize there are some places where churches are beginning to gather again. Some are being told to stay physically apart and not to...

I heard a voice in our home recently that I didn’t recognize.  Then I realized that it was our 14 year old. His voice just changed from a...

This week I had to apologize to one of our adult children. I had used mom guilt in order to be heard. I didn’t recognize it in the moment...

“Our way of being -in-the-world works its way into us through ritual and repetition. James K.A. Smith explains that a particular view of...

I held my husband’s hand as we walked to our church across the street. There was a break in the thunderstorm that had been threatening...

THE COMPARISON TRAP Galatians 6:4,5 “Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done,...

Have you ever noticed how things that were meant to be blessings (overflow) from God quickly become idols? ANYTHING can and often does...