My Heart Grew Again

How is it that God can increase the capacity of our hearts to love people? I remember when I was preparing for my second son, wondering how I could ever love another child as much as I loved my first. It was astonishing to realize that my love didn’t divide between...

Why You Gotta Be So Mean?

My friend looked fantastic; I was so proud of her. She was in transformation mode and was well over halfway to her weight loss goal. This lifestyle change was her first real success at weight loss as an adult, and it was a really big deal. She was working hard, making...

25 Years and Counting

I have now been married for 25 years to the man of my dreams. How in the world did that happen? It seems like it was just a few years ago that we were speaking those vows of love, commitment, and promise to each other. And he still maintains that they have been 22 of...

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...