I love a great story. Don’t you? Personally, I’m drawn to biographies and autobiographies. I love the truth, the grit, the unexpected turns, and even the messy parts that come from a life that has actually been lived. A good story needs two things: someone who has lived a life worth telling and a writer [...]
“She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said, ‘If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.’ And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.” (Mark [...]
There’s something sacred about a stack of unread books. My bedside table—full of promise, possibility, and good intentions. Some I couldn’t wait to buy but never found the time to read. Others I started, only to quietly abandon, disappointed but unwilling to let them go. Still, I keep them. Hope lingers in their pages. When [...]
Nothing drives a parent more crazy than when they ask their child to do something and they respond with a slightly bored and definitely irritated response of, ‘Yeah, yeah, in a second.’ Often, I will look to see what they are doing that is so immeasurably important that my task is deemed delay-worthy. Nine times out of [...]
I have a guitar that hangs on the wall of my living room. It was a gift from my husband a few years ago and I love it. It’s just a shame that I don’t know how to play it. For years I had yearned to pick up the guitar again. I had been a [...]
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. (Ephesians 3:20-21 ESV) Have you ever felt a spiritual tap on [...]
I vividly recall walking into my office and seeing a friend engrossed in a book about setting healthy boundaries. She looked up and handed me the book, telling me she would buy herself a new copy. It would appear I needed this book! While I didn’t agree with everything found inside the cover, it absolutely [...]
Here’s the deal: Most of us to need to find jobs or create a business in order to survive on this Earth. That’s the way it is and should be. But here’s the thing: Often we don’t choose our careers—they choose us. During my last year in high school, I recall thumbing through different career [...]
