Last Spring, I took a shortcut through a neighborhood and saw a man planting a flower garden, and I thought, I wish I had a pretty garden. Isn’t that the way itRead More…

Three days in a row I started the clothes in the washer but forgot to move them to the dryer. Do you ever have days like that, where you feel like youRead More…

I really don’t think Jesus ever meant for our faith to be so complicated. There have been times when I’ve been overwhelmed by all that being a Christian means. So, let’s goRead More…

“What’s 187 times 187?” my 10-year-old quizzed his 5-year-old brother. Exasperated, Tate shouted to his older brother, “I don’t know; I’m only in Pre-K!” Tate doesn’t know how to multiply just yet.Read More…

We spend most of our time pursuing security and satisfaction, but the world’s versions of these things will disappoint us every time. The only time-tested way to get our basic soul needsRead More…

I have a terrible memory! I can’t remember names of people I’ve met a few times. I almost never remember to send in permission slips for the boys’ field trips. And withoutRead More…

Life really isn’t always a bed of roses. When I was in middle school, my family was falling apart, so I went to live with my aunt for almost a year. IRead More…

Do you remember the names Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego from your childhood Storybook Bible? They were the three Hebrew young men thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down toRead More…