We looked like a normal family. On weekends. Every Friday night, my husband’s plane would land, and we’d cram all…
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The Ministry of Hard Things
As the sun whispers its rise in the window behind me, I lay in bed praying for strength to start…
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Surviving on a Diet of Prayer and Tears
Slumping deep into his chair at a corner table for two, he ate waffle fries alone on a holiday evening….
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God Has No Grandchildren
Exactly one minute ago, my eldest son was learning to drive — according to Mom-Time, that is. Now here we…
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When Showing Up is Hard to Do
Most summer days, you can find me rocking away time on my front porch. I like to think of it…
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What If…
What if… What if time served us rather than us serving it? What if the church were a judgement-free zone?…
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Hope is Alive
“Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep His promise….
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The Weight of the Wait
Shuffling through my small Kentucky kitchen, I flipped the calendar page. October 2008 — new month of the year, same…
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I See You
To the one who feels overwhelmed and inadequate—I see you. To the one so swallowed up by the have-to’s, she…
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