With all that is going on in the world right now, joy may seem hard to come by. We’re essentially imprisoned in our own homes. So many of the freedoms we took for granted vanished overnight — from going to our workplaces and churches to the simple beauty of hugging a friend in the grocery store. We’re locked down by… View Post
Last night my son — now home from college for both spring and summer thanks to COVID-19 — shared something incredibly unsettling that he had done. For a split-second, I nearly disowned him. What horrible act had he committed? He had accidentally dropped an entire roll of toilet paper in the toilet! I gasped, knowing our limited supply is quickly… View Post
In December of 2018, God began to impress two words in my heart time and time again: MAKE ROOM. It was sparked as I thought about how there was no room for baby Jesus in the inn 2,000 years ago. It hit me that not much has changed since He came to earth. We still don’t make room for Him…. View Post
Every day he had to remind her. They would meet, talk and spend time together. Gradually, he would win her trust. They’d fall madly in love. But then the next day, she would wake up and forget all about him. It’s the plot line of a 2004 movie called 50 First Dates. In the movie, the main character, Lucy suffered… View Post
I felt at such peace. Last fall, my good friend Bonita and I rented a beautiful little lake cabin in North Carolina for a spiritual retreat. No agenda other than to sit at Jesus’ feet and listen. God met us that weekend in impossibly sweet, unexpected and beautiful ways that at times took our breath away. I felt like we… View Post
