Where is God When the Sky Turns Dark?
The crisp leaves swirled on the sidewalk ahead of me. I was bundled up against the chilly 40-something temperature. When the icy wind wasn’t …
What Thankfulness Looks Like in the Life of Jesus
You probably recently enjoyed a Thanksgiving gathering with family and maybe some friends. It might have been a small group or one that nearly …
Always Be Prepared to Give an Answer
All around the fire engine, red and white lights flashed a lively dance. I couldn’t miss them as I walked by a lot in …
Unafraid: Trusting God in an Unsafe World
In May of 1978, a fellow classmate calmly walked into Susie Davis’s eighth-grade Austin, Texas, classroom with a rifle and murdered her beloved English …
Moving Forward While Stepping Back into My High School Reunion
Earlier this month, I attended my 50th + 1 high school reunion (canceled last year due to COVID-19). School reunions can be traumatic events, …
Listening for the Gentle Whisper
My mind is often a whirlwind of tangled thoughts. Scenarios of past events and imagined things that may never even happen loop endlessly, gaining …
Blue Antiqued Furniture and a Birchbark Canoe
God sometimes answers prayers that seem unimportant in the big picture of our lives. But he has his reasons, and they often exceed our …