2021 was the hardest year of my life. It was a time when I experienced loss in many ways and felt the stinging pain of loneliness. The number one used phrase written in all my journals was this: I can’t tell anyone. I am alone. No one knew I was
A few years ago, I went through a really tough season where I walked slowly through a deep and dark faith crisis. It had come upon due to some anxiety I was having in my life. I was really struggling with the fact that my life did not look like
I read her Facebook post and paused to consider my mortality. A dear college friend had sat in a doctor’s office that day and heard words that shifted her perspective: “Your days are numbered.” As she shared her recent diagnosis, she asked us to pray that she would know how
When I was eight years old, I remember singing fun worship songs at what we called “junior church.” One of those songs was called Big House by a Christian rock band named Audio Adrenaline. The song lyrics say, “Come and go with me to my Father’s house…it’s a big, big
When Samuel stood before Jesse’s sons, he thought he knew what he was looking for. After all, Israel needed a king. Someone impressive. Strong. Capable. Maybe someone tall like Saul, who had once seemed like the obvious choice. So when Jesse’s oldest son stepped forward, Samuel’s first thought was: Surely
When you get to know someone, who do you tell them you are? Usually, we define ourselves by the work that we do. We are teachers, coaches, homemakers, doctors, business leaders, etc. In this world, we quickly associate our worth with how well we do these things. Often, this can
Access We have five kids. (I know, I know… that’s a lot of kids and coffee in one home). But one of our parenting mantras is “In our family, we obey all the way, right away, and with a happy heart.” Now that our eldest twins are almost teenagers, we’ve
I wonder what Esther was feeling as she watched the sunrise on that third day. “It so happened that on the third day Esther put on her royal attire and stood in the inner court of the palace…” – Esther 5:1 This was the day that Esther would either end
The Nativity of Christ is the most powerful and uniquely heavy scene of humility in all of history. Each Christmas season, our family reads the account of Jesus’ birth. We read of the tension of Joseph and Mary having no place to stay in the inn. We see Jesus coming
Daniel Through the Years Do you remember reading the story of Daniel resolving to not touch the king’s food after being taken to the palace? Or Daniel being promoted because of his divine wisdom and precise interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar’s dreams? What age do you think Daniel was when these events