The email came on a Friday afternoon–an email I’d been waiting on for over a month… The email that would hold the answer to a dream I’d been nurturing for some time, and the answer would be a simple yes or no. When I saw it arrive in my phone’s inbox, I halted mid-stride in front of […]
Archives for May 2014
When You’re Spun by Change and Weighed Down by Grief
This past month my friend’s mother dies suddenly, the Sauer family says goodbye to Ben, their brave four-year old cancer-fighter, and another friend cares for her husband in hospice, in what are sure to be his last days here on this earth. And they cling to the hope he’ll make it through Father’s day before […]
Five Tips to Make Scripture Memorization More Doable {VIDEO}
Scripture memorization is a challenge for me. It’s just plain hard. I remember my college years, how I used to study for hours and then finally take the test, only to promptly forget almost all of it as fast as one could turn a light off. And this is the challenge whenever we try to memorize anything: […]
Why You Should Go See Mom’s Night Out Movie {Produced by Kevin Downes}
Five years ago, over seventy of us gathered for our 20-year high school reunion. And among those classmates was my friend, Kevin Downes. That night we caught up, as he shared all he’d been doing in the past 20 years, including writing and producing films with his brother Bobby. Kevin told about the coming release […]
How to Have More Contentment in Motherhood {Guest Post by Lisa-Jo Baker}
This coming weekend will mark my 18th year celebrating Mother’s Day as a mom. And while there have been seasons that passed like molasses off a spoon, and others which flew by like a speeding train, in the midst of it all, all of us mamas need more contentment. We need each other. To be seen. To […]
Rhinestone Jesus: How Your Yes Can Change the World
Sometimes I think Satan gets way too much credit. Like he’s omnipresent or omniscient or something. I hear people say they’re “under attack”, especially when they try to do something for God. And I don’t completely buy it. The truth is, when God asks us to do something, saying yes is hard. Many times He’s asking […]