When Christians Feel Hopeless
I wanted to die. I wanted to cease to exist. I was broken and hopeless and could not fathom there being an end to the […]
Borrowing Trouble From Yesterday
Proverbs 17: 21,22 21 He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy. 22 A joyful heart is good medicine, […]
Harbinger of Doom
Me: I just spoke with the lung doctor – I have a prognosis. Sharon: Guess we all will be chatting later today then? Me: […]
Solo drives, Showers, and Worship
Carolyn had seen the muffled sobs that shook me in the pew and had come to gather me into her arms. Despite having only met […]
School Pictures and Dorian Gray
October is that time of year when school children all across America are bringing home portrait packages. Parents will wonder at how fast their children […]
Passing Us By
It is not uncommon for some of the most life altering events to pass us by without our realizing. That moment when the stripe turns […]
When the Stockings Aren't Hung
Our family tends to be a little late in the game for getting ready for the holidays. So there I was on the 23rd, pulling […]
The Cumulative Impact of Grief
I’ve been thinking a lot about grief these past weeks as we move into the holiday season. This year will be a hard year for […]
Tears
I have developed an intimacy with tears over the past few years. I no longer wipe them away or hide them from others. Unless they […]
Reckless Love
Here is the backwards way about life: the more deeply you live and the more deeply you love, the more deeply you hurt. Loving is […]