Nov
30
2023
A friend sent me a video of their school singing the worship song, “Goodness of God” by CeCe Winans. This is the song our family sang at Dad’s celebration of life. It is a bittersweet song full of joy...
Nov
29
2023
One of the recent devotional messages asked me to picture Jesus as He weeps over Jerusalem. He laments, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace!” This phrase has been ringing in...
Nov
27
2023
One of my daughters enjoys true crime podcasts. She told me of a real estate agent who sensed something was wrong with a couple that wanted to see her listing. The agent told friends and family about how uneasy...
Nov
24
2023
Sometimes, when I start to pray my mind wanders over the myriad of tasks I have for the day. Sometimes everywhere I turn, my mind is a space of anger and resentment. Other times I can feel afraid. I...
Nov
23
2023
I recently researched the benefits of gratitude. I am still surprised how overwhelmingly transformative gratitude is to our health and wellbeing, to our relationships, and to every aspect of our life.
Even though I know this, sometimes I wake up...
Nov
22
2023
I am always surprised by transformation. There are so many stories throughout history of people on a tragic trajectory until grace intervenes and changes the outcome. God works in this surprising way on people others have counted out or...
Nov
21
2023
My husband Shann and I have been discussing bitterness. It’s a deceptive emotion and incredibly dangerous. Most people struggle to notice they are bitter because they have lived with their bitter emotion for so long that it has built...
Nov
20
2023
I have been reading Proverbs recently. Dad loved this book of the Bible, and we talked about it often. He and I both struggle with listening. You could talk with Dad and find that he had “zoned out” and...
Nov
17
2023
I have been at my parents’ place, praying where my dad prayed.
I imagine him here and picture him praying. Henri Nouwen, one of my favorite authors, said he recommends praying in spaces where beloved people have prayed.
Praying in the...
Nov
16
2023
God is always surprising me. Several years ago, a man trained up by us at NBC took all our training, investment, and information and tried to run camps without us. All of us, especially me, were angry at this...
