I still remember the first time my pastor-husband came home from a beyond-difficult day at work and shared with me about the horrendous attack on his character that he had suffered. I’ll not bother to tell you what church we were serving at that time. It really doesn’t matter. It could have been any of the five, honestly. And it… Read More
Since the beginning of the new year, Wednesdays have had a new significance for me. At first, I thought it would just be a way of organizing my prayer life, a personal thing, a necessity for someone whose prayer life has consistently been inconsistent. But it’s turned into so much more. I catch myself saying numerous times throughout the week,… Read More
I had worked myself into a tizzy. Sitting across the sticky table from my husband, I clenched my hands tightly in my lap and turned to focus my watery eyes on the empty table beside us. We had walked together to the diner for a fun breakfast, but my husband had already offered to take a separate route home. That’s how… Read More
I didn’t wake up that morning. I had never slept; so I just got up. Weary and a little sweaty from tossing and turning all night, I splashed water on my face and headed downstairs for coffee. I may not have gotten any sleep, but I had finally gotten answers…or so I thought. Normally I would wait for the coffee to… Read More
Sometimes I spend so much time thinking about something…mulling it over, worrying about it, investigating it, even talking out loud about it…that I feel like I’ve surely prayed about it. If you were to ask me if I’d prayed about it, I would almost assuredly insist that I had. I did…didn’t I? But I haven’t. I haven’t actually prayed about… Read More
Lord, Grant us the ability to focus ferociously on our Savior during this blessed season. Amidst the fudge and fur trees, the gifts and glitter, the shopping and shipping, and the yule logs and yummy treats, may we persistently remember that Christmas is preeminently Emmanuel, God with us. And as we unwrap each sweet gift placed beneath our embellished trees, may we whisper… Read More