Losing It and Loving Anyway

Today started out awesome. I had my quiet time, prayed, worshiped, and got out of my pj’s! (This should be just the right formula for a day full of beauty, right?) I arrived home from work in enough time to prepare a snack for the kids after school. Their little faces...

When You Feel Like You’re On Fire

I heard the screaming first. Running from my daughters’ bedroom, where I was supervising my oldest while she chose books and Barbies for bedtime, I raced into the master bathroom. My 3-year-old was still in the shower where I’d left her with the water turned off. As...

What I Want My Children to Know About Forgiveness

It was a childhood hurt that Sarah carried with her into young adulthood, but the lesson it taught her about forgiveness was powerful. She had a relative, Samantha (Sam), who, when they were both children, caused her no end of grief. Sam had a way of making Sarah feel...

When You’ve Been Scammed

Snookered. That’s how I felt three seconds after I handed five dollars to a young woman standing at the transit station who told me she was raising money for Feed My Starving Children. I was distracted. I was trying to read the map, buy the tickets, and herd two...