When Fear Comes Knocking

“Dad!” shouted a fearful small voice from the bedroom across the hall.   As my husband rolled out of bed, a glance at the clock glowed with a time well past midnight. Shadows. They have suddenly become sinister in the eyes of our child as they loom and...

When Everything Isn’t Okay

“I’ve prayed all these years, and God has never once answered.” The weight of those words hung in the air between us. As much as I wanted to disagree, to remind her of all the ways God has provided, I chose to simply listen. My therapist friends have...

Encouraging Others to Flourish

It was just a little note. I prayed as I wrote, slipped it into the mail, and went on about my day. My unexpected note arrived in the midst of her rough day and, in that moment, was exactly what she need to hear. The Lord knew what she needed. My note, written days in...

Embracing Imperfection

I have a confession: my bathrooms are covered in wallpaper circa 1989. You know the kind: dusky blue wagon wheels with mauve highlights? Yep. I just need a few beribboned geese hanging on the wall to make it complete. And while I’ve removed the wallpaper covered...