Tag Archives: Faith

The words seemed to spin around in the air - into my head and then my heart. “I have cancer.” That’s what my dad told me over the phone a few weeks ago. As the ...

As a busy mom, I struggle to make sufficient time to spend time in prayer. It often seems like life is sucking out the little prayer spark we have left. Yet we want to pray wit...

I picked one of my teen daughters up this morning from a friend’s house to go work at her older sister’s for the day. Job description: babysit and do chores. She began to kind o...

As each day draws to an end, I can feel myself seeking a shield from the tsunami of chores. The list of to-do’s is endless. Fact is, each time I look they seem to grow bigger. &...

When our first child was born, we learned that she had Down syndrome. We entered a period of what I have taken to calling “dramatic hard stuff,” a time of emotional and spiritual transform...

Abraham Lincoln, Einstein, Johnny Depp and Tina Turner.  These were a few of the names that people mentioned when we were asked an ice breaker question in a large group meeting last week. &#...

I live in Washington State.  To be more precise, the western side of Washington where the saying goes: “We Don’t Tan, We Rust.” Yes, we are famous for our rain. ...

Well, it’s about here – summer, that is.  The kids will soon be out of school and the lazy days of summer will become long days with kids needing lots of attention and lots of ideas f...

The news about Josh Duggar was shocking to say the least.  For those of you who haven’t heard, the firstborn son from the popular TV show 19 Kids and Counting was charged with molesting you...

When I received my first Bible as a child, I was told that it was God’s Holy book.  As such, I treated it reverently.  I opened and closed it carefully and always made sure my hands we...