This month, I have another birthday coming up, which doesn’t bother me (most of the time). After all, age is relative, right? In our culture, depending on what you eat, how much you exercise, and the creams you put on your face, 60 can look 40. And vice versa: those that smoke, do drugs, and […]
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How to be Grateful When Life Grates
Have you ever been grating a vegetable or cheese and gotten slightly distracted for a split second? All of sudden, you feel the ripping pain as layers of skin are shredded along with your food, blood quickly appearing on the surface. You run to the cold water faucet and press against the wound with a […]
When Your Child Contemplates Death
In our house, death doesn’t stay in the taboo talk topics. Especially since my dad went Home to Jesus five years ago, the kids and I frequently discuss Heaven. Some people may assess our obsession as slightly morbid or imbalanced, but I think the opposite holds true. Losing sight of where we are going and […]
Inspiring Moments
This moment from the past may have occurred decades ago, but it still carries the power to inspire us today. No matter what, God can use you. You are wonderfully made. You can live with joy and gratitude and purpose. Failure might just be a stepping stone to greatest: […]
For Women: No, Really, It Is
At some point in the last decade, I woke up to a world gone mad. Dismissing the Creator years ago, moral standards progressed down the hill and all the way off the cliff. We’ve committed the ultimate hubris by rewriting marriage (from a God-designed covenant between a man and a woman to what it is […]
Balancing Encouragement with Critiques
The other night, I vented to my husband about some doubts and frustrations I was wrestling through regarding one of our children and his learning style. “I don’t want to dumb down the work because he’s having meltdowns, catering to his emotions and laziness, because I know he can do it…he just doesn’t want to. […]
Avoiding a Cholecystectomy
My whole life my mom taught me that God designed my body in complex and amazing ways. Whether we fully understand how it all works–we won’t–or not, we can trust that each part serves a function and is not a spare. For years, people assumed that the tonsils, appendix, and gallbladder served little purpose and […]
Fiction and Nonfiction Reads for You
About twice a year I try to give a book review(s) of current or recent-past reads. Obviously, your taste may not be my own, but many are just looking for a good recommendation. I read across several genres and receive incredulous looks over the craziness of reading several books at once. Yes, I’m one of […]
If You Put Your Mind to It…
“Left to my own direction, my heart is a compass that guides me toward passions and pleasures. But God is the true compass, guiding me along His ultimate path for me, changing my heart and renewing my mind in the process. My heart is a broken instrument, so how can I possibly trust its direction? […]
My Parents’ Marriage: Finding Hope When Relationships Shatter
“Marriage: Love is the reason. Lifelong friendship is the gift. Kindness is the cause. Til’ death do us part is the length.” -Fawn Weaver If my dad was still here, my parents would be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary on August 4th. Even though Dad is with the Lord now, we still celebrate my parents’ marriage […]