Let My Life Be the Proof

“Let my life be the proof, the proof of Your love. Let my love look like You and what You’re made of; how You lived, how You died. Love is sacrifice. So let my life be the proof of Your love” (For King and Country). Has a song ever impacted you greatly? I heard this...

Even on an airplane, He is with us

I was nine years younger when I boarded the final plane that would end our thirty-hour journey to Yerevan, Armenia. I remember stepping on to that plane and walking down an aisle to see seats filled with Armenians – each man appeared to don the same black leather...

9/11 Memorial

 Last week my husband and I were on the east coast visiting our daughter and son-in-law in Connecticut. On the way home to Minnesota we stopped at New Jersey’s Liberty State Park and viewed the Statue of Liberty and the amazing sight of the New York City skyline....

Keep Walking…

In my book, Embracing Your Freedom, I share a story of an Englishman who was a prisoner in a concentration camp in WWII. One day this young man read Psalm 91 and paused especially on verse seven: “though a thousand fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right...

Right Where You Are

  Recently, I attended a party and found myself sitting at a table with an elderly gentleman. I had known him for over twenty-five years. He is battling dementia and can hold a conversation, but if not redirected, the same conversation is repeated. When I first...

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Judges 19-21 I grew up loving musicals, everything from Sound of Music to High School Musical.  One of my all time favorite musicals is Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.  When I was in 7th grade my mom and I went to a live...