Tag Archives: Relationships

I never imagined a pizza left on my porch could make me cry. I’d been sick for a few days with a terrible flu and for the first time in so long, I admitted to a good friend through a text messag...

Here’s the good news of the gospel: You are free. You are finally, fully and completely free from bondage to trying to make yourself better, so you can lay your head down on your pillow and rest...

What fills you up?  What makes you happy beyond words?  I could name a million things that I love about my life.  I feel like God has blessed me so much; I feel like I’m bursting ...

What is it about springtime that turns us into kids again?  The sun peeks out and the trees begin to blossom and suddenly the urge to run barefoot through the grass becomes too strong to ignore.&...

At the heart of all our weariness, all our frustration and angst over our inability to “get it together” is a deeply spiritual problem. It’s this: We don’t have the power to tr...

Even before I had given birth to my second child, I knew she’d be my last.  Something within me just felt so certain that our family was complete with two kids. But then somethin...

While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak with him.  Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to s...

I know the feeling: I’ve surveyed the chaos of my life and thought…there really has to be a better way of doing this, there has to be a way I can bring some order into this mess. I really...

I think it must be how vividly lots of people remember these days with young ones. After chatting with them for a moment, I usually end up hearing about how they had 4, 5 or 6 kids and how they rememb...

I guess the good thing about being the Mom of many is that when you run up against negative emotions or hard times with your kids…you remember…”oh ya, I’ve been here before.&...