My friend Rick’s life changed on the drive home from a West Virginia ski trip. His ten-year-old daughter, Emily, had broken her leg. She rested in the back of their SUV with her mother, Joni, and little brother, Gabriel. Thirty minutes from home, Rick was imagining his children attending Christian camp someday. That is his [...]
A few years ago, a friend sat across from me, worn down by waiting. She had prayed for years for a husband. Now, at forty, never married, she felt the weight of it all. The waiting. The silence. The questions. “Being single is not the abundant life,” she said, with a mix of frustration and [...]
Sometimes the most unexpected moments turn into the most meaningful ones. Like sitting in a drive-thru line, waiting on something simple, and deciding to ask a question that cuts a little deeper. “If there was one thing you could do with your life, what would it be?” The young man at the window paused. You [...]
There are seasons every believer knows too well. Times when life presses in and faith feels thin. In those moments, questions rise. Does God see me? Does He care? Will He come through? What we believe about God in those moments matters more than we realize. It shapes how we walk through the trial. Years [...]
I spent much of my twenties feeling like a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. I longed to use the gifts God had given me in a career I loved, but I felt stuck. I lived in a city where software engineers were celebrated, while creative people were often overlooked. And that [...]
Years ago, I sat on the edge of a canyon in my hometown of Twin Falls, Idaho. The wind moved through the rocks, and something settled deep in my heart. I sensed God calling me to reach people through writing and speaking. It felt clear. It felt right. And over time, He confirmed it again [...]
There are moments when life grows quiet—not peaceful, but heavy. The kind of silence that presses against your chest and makes you wonder if you’ve been forgotten. Prayers seem to rise only to fall back unheard. Strength feels like a distant memory. And yet… it is here, in this very place, that something sacred begins. [...]
I read something recently that has stuck with me. In The Christian Atheist, Craig Groeschel describes a tension many of us feel but don’t always name: believing in God… yet living like we don’t actually need Him. We say we trust Him, but we still carry unforgiveness. We chase happiness on our own terms. We [...]
I still think about him sometimes. Years ago, I met a young man whose life changed in an instant. Someone had poured gasoline inside his new truck and set it on fire. He survived—but the trauma did something no one could fully explain. It took pieces of his memory. The part that stayed with me [...]
There are times when God blasts onto the stage of our lives by doing something so miraculous we can’t deny His existence or His love for us. I had a moment like this last year. When my wonderful friend, Judi, passed away unexpectedly in 2009, her husband, Jim, called and invited me to their estate [...]
