“I’m just so hurt…and angry. We’re supposed to be family, but they don’t treat me like family,” she said. “They treat me like I’m the girl their son is dating…like I’m someone he brings along with him…and I won’t be there next time. But we’ve been married for two years!” She poked aimlessly at her salad then put her fork… Read More
My daughter Abigail had been sitting in a wheelchair in the emergency room all night when she was finally wheeled back to an examination room. For hours she had grimaced and endured pain, quietly weeping off and on. Her twisted ankle throbbed even though she had elevated it and iced it through the night. All she wanted was relief from… Read More
I have a friend who creates unique and lovely jewelry. I was at her house recently to pick up a necklace she had designed for me when I noticed a large tub full of assorted beads sitting on her dining room table. It appeared that every single tiny piece was different from the others. The colors and shapes were noticeably… Read More
In the beginning…well, just after the beginning…the world broke. We broke it. And we were broken, too. Ever since then we’ve experienced the pain and grief and ache of sick, deformed, malfunctioning and broken…bodies, relationships, families, minds, hearts, spirits, churches, dreams, etc. But the good news is that even before He formed the earth and laid it on its foundations,… Read More