Pre-Wash

PRE-WASH It is one of those too-rare Monday mornings. Following a full weekend of ministry-related travel, my family is finally fed, dressed and out the door. The house is once again quiet. Savoring the silence, I make a fresh pot of coffee, then sit at the kitchen...

Finding Your Way Down the Road of Grief

A few months ago, I was returning home from a speaking engagement. The church was in a rural community, located a couple hours from my home. As I looked at the beautiful, orange sun beginning to set, I suddenly panicked. I didn’t remember the road to get back...

Get Out Your God ID

2 Corinthians 10:12 For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. Have you ever forgotten your God ID? Perhaps you didn’t...

Hidden In My Heart

“Faith is the substance of things hoped for – the evidence of things unseen.” I was talking to a friend last week, and she was trying to explain this verse in relation to our topic of the moment. She couldn’t quite pull the words up from the back roads of her mind,...

Connecting When It’s Hard

Somewhere between dishing out servings of tater tot hotdish and grabbing the phone call from the doctor’s office to tell us the correct dosage instruction for yet another antibiotic for yet another ear infection, I felt it. The chaos of life had used up all of my...