Tag Archives: Faith

Until they were about seven or eight, we had our kids convinced there was no television station except PBS. This neatly solved the problem of commercials and those glassy-eyed gimmie faces that a conf...

November reminds us to be thankful.  And, that is a wonderful thing.  But, what if you feel like you just can’t be thankful right now? There is always pressure for believers...

Praise the Lord, my soul… How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures… Praise the Lord, my...

'Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.' Colossians 2:7 (NLT)&#x...

Whether you’re a stay-at-home mom or you work at a corporate job, run your own businesses or spend your days going from soccer practice to ballet, we all have work to do; it looks different for ...

Kind of like a cruel joke treasure hunt.   My car failed emissions and the mechanic did $350 of repairs.  My four-year-old Zoe and I had gone from office to office, appointment to appoi...

I teach writing for a living and one of the best-known lessons of writing is to ‘write what you know,’ which is a funny thing because that’s the main writing lesson I break. I never ...

My 19-year-old middle daughter Katie had been alive this time last month, and now she was gone—struck down by a ruptured cerebral aneurysm just a month after completing her freshman year of coll...

My daughter sat on the floor with her dresser drawers open, surrounded by fabric casualties. She repeated the phrase that so many of us utter in the early morning hours--'I don't have anything to wear...

It starts early, doesn't it dear momma. The feelings of guilt and the pang in your chest of "if only." You see your friends and what they are doing for their children for Christmas. You see the catalo...