She Speaks, speaking, Spiritual legacy, teaching, testimony
So Thursday morning I’m going to wake up earlier than I want to and board a flight to the rest of my life. (How’s that for an opening line?) Actually, I really have no idea if or how my Thursday-through-Sunday excursion will impact the rest of my life...
God, provision, Spiritual legacy, trials, trust
About a month ago I started having a symptom that commonsense told me I should have checked by a doctor. It wasn’t bothersome, but knowing it might be a bad sign, I called the doctor. And she told me to come in. Of course, she was pretty nonchalant. She gave me...
blessings, family, friendship, God, Matthew, parenting, Spiritual legacy
I’ve never had a full-time job. As in, NEVER.I guess that’s what happens when you marry an “established” man before you graduate college. Elian had a great job that met our needs. I finished my degree a year after we said, “I do,”...
college, God, Philippians, Spiritual legacy
It’s been awhile since I wrote about my first year in college, but you may remember that I was somewhat dissatisfied with the college I chose to attend. (The sarcasm, it is thick and heavy like the quilt your grandma made for cold winter nights in the cabin...
college, God, growing, Spiritual legacy
As high school drew to a close, I knew two things about my future: I wanted to play soccer in college I wanted to study the Bible in college I used my human intellect – not the power of prayer or the resources of godly people around me – to choose a...
believe, Bible, Church, growing, Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter, Spiritual legacy, testimony
As a former skeptic, when I became a believer in high school, I was insanely focused on knowing why I believed what I believed. For my own sense of security, I needed to discover the facts behind the doctrine I was being taught at church. So I dove into the Bible. I...