Tag Archives: Faith

These times are so hard. So painful. So heavy. This past weekend, hundreds of thousands of women marched across the globe for a myriad of reasons falling under the larger umbrella of “women&rsqu...

When it comes to our most basic needs we think: Food, Water, Shelter. But, when you think about our emotions we can drill it down to love and belonging. We are hard wired to love, be loved and belong....

There’s something magical about a new year in our culture.  After 365 days pass, the clock strikes midnight on December 31st and *wham*—you have a Cinderella moment as you are instant...

I remember the icebreaker questionnaires from my school years. Questions like, “What’s your favorite animal?” or “What’s your favorite ice cream flavor?” would grac...

Parents, we live in a world where countless children are starting to view pornography in their preadolescent years.* And it isn't safe to assume our children won't somehow fall into that category...

It’s stashed in a faded plastic bucket in the attic, its pages dog eared, spine cracking, the edges peeling. It’s my diary from several years of my childhood, an image of that 70’s &...

Have you ever heard the saying 'Man plans and God laughs'?   While this is of course not a quote from the Bible, I think that a few of my hare-brained plans over the years h...

For the past two years, I have been getting a word in January that sums up the lesson(s) God has in store for me for the year.  It started in 2015 when I sensed the word “simplif...

The toddler isn’t sleeping through the night right now. You realize how painful this is, don’t you? For months, we’ve been in a rhythm: She goes to bed, I go to bed, and neither of u...

Two of the most beautiful truths of the Christmas story are how light and praise always precede the mention of Jesus, a babe born in a barn and laid - wrapped in swaddling cloths - in a manger. &#...