Plans. We all have them. Even when we didn’t write out that list, somewhere dancing around in our heads, we have some ideas about what…
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Shining with Hope
I wrote this piece back in January, when the COVID-19 crisis seemed far off and was something only occasionally in my newsfeed. But as the…
View More Shining with HopeIdols of the Heart: When the Good Becomes the Worshiped
I would like to tell you a story. A personal story of heart struggle. This struggle began with a dream, a dream of who my…
View More Idols of the Heart: When the Good Becomes the WorshipedIf Tomorrow Never Comes
When I bought my car, it came with Sirius FM radio which has allowed me to listen to different types of music. I’ve found that…
View More If Tomorrow Never ComesBroken Pieces
I have this bad habit of tucking things into drawers when they are broken. I often don’t have the time or desire to deal with…
View More Broken PiecesA Tribute to My Mother
Proverbs 31:28, “Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.” Growing up, my sisters and I enjoyed taking…
View More A Tribute to My MotherFeeling Useful in a Pandemic
Mother’s Day is coming soon. My girls are grown with families of their own, living hundreds of miles away. It’s so easy to think they…
View More Feeling Useful in a PandemicGospel-Perspective During Social Isolation
It was really hard when I had to erase most of the events on my April calendar because of quarantining and social distancing. The last…
View More Gospel-Perspective During Social IsolationPrayer for My Pastor’s Wife
Almighty God, Heavenly Father, How good it is to remember and rest in the fact that You are all powerful, all knowing, and everywhere present…
View More Prayer for My Pastor’s WifeA Lesson from Hide and Seek
I grew up in a small house with lots of land. My grandparents lived next door and Grampa farmed, gardened, raised chickens and pigeons, and…
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