Nov
07
2023
Dad and I would discuss why Bible classes in Christian schools and colleges were often the worst classes, boring, uninspired, didactic, and lacking. I think about this in my own life. How perhaps some of my worst conversations with my daughters...
Nov
06
2023
We have had a vibrant fall this year. As the chlorophyll dissipates from the leaves, their true colors are revealed. The color deepens with the warm days and crisp nights. If the weather is too rainy or the frost...
Nov
03
2023
I have a few friends having babies soon and one of the fun parts is to learn the name. It’s amazing how children live into a name.
It’s a creative act to name a child. Beyond the power of a...
Nov
02
2023
I drove by a sign that said, "God uses us to love people.”
I have felt tremendously loved by others. My mom and dad loved me with an all-encompassing, deeply powerful love. It was so healing. They loved me for...
Nov
01
2023
I met with a beautiful friend about grief.
She asked me about my journey with Dad’s death and how it has affected me. “Like a major car wreck, like a life altering experience,” I explained. It’s difficult to describe the...
Oct
27
2023
Sometimes I imagine Dad riding next to me in the car. We might pray together, or I will ask him a question. I loved to get his opinion on dysfunction. He understood it so well, having done so much...
Oct
26
2023
My husband Shann was speaking recently to a group of people describing his life before Christ came to him with healing power. He had been a lonely child, so afraid of the physical darkness, he was afraid to...
Oct
25
2023
Dad always believed that philosophies would play out to reveal the best way to live. An acquaintance from church in my younger life turned his back on God. He believed that chastity was abusive and restrictive. He believed whatever...
Oct
24
2023
Sometimes we think we are God. We act like we alone know what He wants and others need to listen to us.
What we find in the cruelest of crimes is not a feeling of unworthiness but a feeling of...
Oct
23
2023
Sometimes I wrestle with what to pray for others. I have learned that praying for something specific may not be what God wants. Instead, I study scripture. How does Paul pray? One beautiful prayer is in Ephesians. Our...
