Once Upon a Time on December 9
The sun shone across the gravel parking lot of my parents office that Friday afternoon. A few months earlier I moved home from college....
Standing in Rubble
Our ladies Bible study group just finished Beth Moore’s Quest. So I’m looking at the questions of the Bible differently. I’m also editing...
Thanksgiving Stole My Heart
Coffee fresh from the Keurig wafts through the house. I study the box of chocolates my sister in law brought me earlier this week. One...
Choose to be Joyful
I met Lynette in Belize on a mission trip. At the time I didn’t even know Belize had beaches and was a tourist destination. I went as...
The Day God Gave Me Freedom From Fear and Worry
You know that moment when someone says, “don’t I know you?”, and you panic because you’ve forgotten someone you’re supposed to know?...
Teaching Our Children to Fail Well
Last year both of my children came home with test papers labeled with a 67 in bold red ink. The competitive perfectionist inside me...
It was just another day, until it wasn't
We talk about big life events because they remind us who we are and where we've been. In the Bible, the people of Isreal took stones from...
Let Them Grow UP
Last night I lay in the bed staring through the darkness at the wall. The knot in my stomach turned and grew. I’d allowed my child to...
The Prettiest Little Cemetery, Sweet Peaches and a Couple of Shoplifters
Josh and I had been dating about six months when he took me to Memphis to meet his grandparents. Sometime after lunch they were talking...
If Food Was a Love Language
When we moved into our new neighborhood a few months ago, we knew several people but none of our nearest neighbors. One night I cooked a...
