It’s a scream I’ll never forget. Last year, my husband, a track coach at the local high school, was at practice with his guys when his trail leg unsuccessfully negotiated a 39-inch hurdle. At the hospital, he was the buzz of the ER. It’s never good when the doctor says, “it looks like a hand grenade went off in… View Post
The first Christmas should never have happened. The world was a very dark place 2,000 years ago. God had not spoken in 400 years. There was no earthly reason to believe unexpected blessings would emerge from the darkness. In fact, every single aspect of that first Christmas was impossible from a human perspective. And nearly every single person with a… View Post
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
