Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

I used to be like most people in the check-out line, waiting impatiently for the checker to scan my items and bag them so I could be on my way. Then, one day a few years ago, I actually stopped long enough to look at the person scanning my groceries…really look at them. And what […]

Standing in The Gap

On the evening of February 4th, 1999, my husband and I welcomed our only daughter into the world. She was round and pink with a head full of dark hair and we were instantly smitten by her. The nurse wrapped her in a blanket and handed her to me—she was the loveliest thing I’d ever […]

All In and In Step

We’d been fishing for nearly an hour when my grown son leaned over and said, “Uh, Mom, do you still have bait on your line?”  “Oh, yeah,” I replied, confidently. “I’m sure I do.” Then my son asked, “Do you have a weight on your line? Most of the fish are at the bottom.”  Reeling […]

It Is Written

“You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.” (Matthew 4:10) It’s just like the enemy to wait until we are most vulnerable, before creeping in to cast doubt and confusion, isn’t it? Upon the weary mother, he whispers, “You don’t have what it takes.” Or, to the struggling student, he says, “Give […]

Remember The Joy?

“As soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.”  (Luke 1:44) I still remember the big, white bus that came through our neighborhoods, picking kids up for the Wednesday night service at a church across town. I also remember the one and only time […]