A few days ago, while talking to a friend, I mentioned how I wish I could go back and tell twelve year old me (who struggled with feelings of awkwardness and insecurity, and always felt a little different from everyone else) that she was going to be ok. It was a passing comment. One I […]
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When the foundations are being destroyed, what can we do? Look up!
“When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do? The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord is on his heavenly throne.” Psalm 11:3-4 When what we have been standing on, hoping in, and depending on begins to fall, what are we to do? We are to stand up, reach up and look up—this is the message […]
The Scent of God's Love: Surely it Smells Like Listerine
The Scent of God’s Love: Surely it Smells Like Listerine I snuggle my eight-year-old self under the quilt, reveling in the decadent space of a queen-sized bed. I rub my cheek against the feather-soft pillowcase and breathe deeply. An intensely comforting aroma fills my nostrils as Listerine and Bengay forever intermingle with the memory of […]
Learning to Let Go: when God has to pry the mom fingers from our teenagers' faith
“God,” I whispered, afraid of uttering aloud the thoughts in my heart. “I wish my son would never have started reading the Bible.” There. I said it. And I meant it—even though the admission brought a fresh wave of tears. I mean what Christian mom doesn’t want her son to read the Bible?? What Bible […]
Good advice from a good granddaddy
“Sugar,” he said, his Kentucky accent flooding my heart with warmth, his serious expression straightening my posture, “Never forget your roots. Never go so far that you can’t remember how you got to where you are.” My granddaddy was a man of few words. But man could he say a lot in those words. I […]