God, John, parenting, spiritual growth
I’m angry. Fuming. More than mildly annoyed. The short version of why is we had some work done on our house, and the workers suck. I am sitting here waiting for them to come back FOR THE THIRD TIME to correct work they should have gotten right the first...
abortion, depression, evil, God, grief, pain, spiritual growth
It’s hard, this life. This summer, in particular, has felt like one gasp after another – personally, globally. Murder is everywhere, in every form. The pre-born, the just born, the born not-long-ago, the bearing, the bearing arms, the unarmed, the armed...
1 John, believe, Beth Moore, Bible, God, Jesus, John, love, spiritual growth
I’m going through Beth Moore’s Loving Well Bible study. Again. For the third time. This is partly because it’s the study the director of women’s ministry at my church chose. But, let’s be honest, it’s mostly because I don’t...
fear, God, Isaiah, pain, peace, spiritual growth, trust
If I had to guess, I’ve flown about 100 times in my life. As a military kid, flying was a way of life. Whether we were moving halfway around the world or traveling to visit extended family members we weren’t privileged to live near, I spent more time at...
believe, Bible, Father, fear, God, hope, Jesus, pain, significance, spiritual growth, trust
When the world starts to turn upside down and my stomach turns with it, it can feel like the whole globe has run clean off its orbital path, veering into the vastness of dark space waiting to swallow it whole. When order and routine and the expected and all that is...
C.S. Lewis, discipline, faith, God, Holy Spirit, Oswald Chambers, pain, prayer, spiritual growth, trials
Most mornings I read Oswald Chambers’ daily devotional, My Utmost for His Highest. If you’re not familiar with him, Oswald is like a Christian superhero, right under C.S. Lewis, but well above Larry Boy. Somehow I started reading Chambers straight out of...
