I have an appointment on Monday for my windshield to be replaced.  I’m thankful for the ability to have it replaced.  I’m less thankful...

Do you pick a word of the year? A word to meditate on and seek the Lord over and grow in? I’ve done it for about 13 years now. It’s been...

I love Christmas! I love everything about it! The music, the celebratory feeling in the air, the time with family, our family traditions,...

“In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18   Last week, we celebrated...

We often think about encouragement as being something that someone says to someone else...

As I was strolling around the local dollar store recently, I overheard an ongoing exchange between a child and her mother.  The little...

The other night, the region in which I live received a special gift: The Northern Lights became visible to us. The already indigo night...

...Do not sin. Conflict. Ugh! Most everyone hates conflict. Many of us will do almost anything to avoid it. We’ll let ourselves get...

I always loved watching my husband with our kids. He wrestles, plays, and rough-houses with our girls in the most fun and gentle way that...

Do you long to hear God’s voice…directing your life…telling you what next step to take when you are just struggling to put one foot in...

Have you ever thought about what your “big ask” of God is? I mean the dream that lives in the deepest part of you. The dream that when...

It had been a doozy of a day. It started at 3:00 am with a headache that wouldn't leave. After a sleepless night, I rose and tried to...

Our suffering births joy when we offer ourselves as living sacrifices unto Jesus.

I have been spending oodles of time with my new granddaughter lately. In just 2 months I’ve watched her transform from a little lump of...

“... All authority of the universe has been given to me. Now wherever you go, make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name...

Alone again…naturally. We all feel that way at times. Broken promises. Broken relationships. Broken spirits. Surrounded by people, yet no...

““Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in...

“Get the church out of the church in order to be the church.” If you are anything like me you have heard this statement so much that it...

I’m not sure when my husband and I became one of  the “older” couples at church but it seems that that is now the crowd we fall into....

For many years, if I’m being honest and transparent, I lived with some faulty theology. I thought that if I was serving the Lord with my...