Tag Archives: Faith

In case you missed it, the oldest child of the famous Duggar family is in the news again, this time for confessed infidelity (among other things). No matter your thoughts on this family in ...

Out my bedroom window today As I spend time with my Lord and pray I look up to see the trees so green So tall in all their majesty And in between each giant...

I always appreciated the sentiment behind the Sabbath commands in the Bible, but it wasn’t until I had children, and rest became harder and harder to come by, that I wanted  to take th...

I saw this sign the other day on Facebook and it made my blood sort of boil and I chuckled a little too, because it just happens to be a huge pet peeve of mine. The sign said: &#...

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. &#...