The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had seen and heard, which were just as they had been told. Luke 2:20 Is …
On Christmas Traditions
I saw a photo from Christmas 2006 last week, in which my three oldest children all fit on one little ride-on toy car. Given that those boys are all …
On Showing Up Grateful
On one of the last days before Thanksgiving break, a teenage child left my house happy because the thought of a whole week off danced ahead, a …
On Pain and Unexpected Births
I knew a woman once who became very sick one day at work. She left to go home but instead headed to the emergency room because she felt so horrible. …
On Beginning Again
I’ve been writing the same novel for about five years. At the rate I'm going, it may take me five more to publish it. I have begun it, trashed it, and …
three things to help us when everything is bananas
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.But the greatest of these is love." –1 Corinthians 13:13 Can we all agree that everything is …
Love & Restlessness
My husband and I took a long walk the other night. Two days before, our temperatures were below freezing, but the air was slightly warmer on this …
Palm Trees and Pandemics
I love the story of Deborah for a few months now. Morgan and I preached about her two years ago (you can listen in here), and Deborah has not fallen …
Spiritual Pregnancy & Appliance Pandemics
"All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it’s not only around us; …
How to Play Hard to Get With Christmas
Last year, our family made a pilgrimage to a Christmas tree farm outside Austin to cut down a tree. This was our first time attempting this …
How to Get a Gift From God
“They had hardly arrived when a Canaanite woman came down from the hills and pleaded, ‘Mercy, Master, Son of David! My daughter is cruelly afflicted …
Funny Letterboard Friday is So Anti-social Now
It's finally Friday, which means we are one week closer to the end of 2020. Are you as desperate as I am to shed 2020 like a bad outfit? To kick it …