G od pours His great love into us through a variety of people. It graciously comes directly from Him—through His Son and His Spirit. And...

Whenever I visit my daughter and her family, I quickly (and easily) get lost in my grandson’s world.

It’s a dreadful halt when a door you’ve been striving toward is slammed shut in your face.

Decorating our home that year was ultra-important—but for the wrong reasons. I erred in believing that

The GPS lady kindly informed me, “Traffic is slower than usual.” “That’s helpful,” I thought, as if we were in some shared dialogue....

Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! (Psalm 34:3) Worship can flow from a deep well. When it does, it cannot...

Are there not times when a blessing from God requires something of the recipient? Sometimes, it may require more than we’re willing to...

A post for my friends @ Renew.org When church life changes because of situations out of our control, how can we use the season as an...

“I just don’t understand.” I uttered those words dozens of times, those closing months of 2021. But who could count? (Except possibly my...

Where do you want to go when bad things happen? That place for me is home. When the day has been rough, and you feel a bit beaten up by...

I am in the process of dismantling my house. I say “house” because it no longer resembles the home I assembled those many years ago. It’s...

I had recently been digging through decades of family memorabilia and came across several of my old journals. And since I wasn’t in any...

For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life— comes not from the Father but from the...

March 2020—early in the shutdown, much was unknown and uncertain. Here in Georgia at the time, many people thought the shutdown would...

A tree that stood in my backyard seemed fine to the naked eye. But it was faulty . . . weak . . . vulnerable. It was plagued on the...

I could not get to the shower quick enough—but I hardly had it in me to scale the stairs. It had been one of those days at work. Instead...

I learned to drive in Michigan—which means I learned how to drive in the snow. I also learned what it means to lose control of the car on...

Living alone has its ups and its downs. And the downs fell hard last week. With the whole sheltering-in-place in isolation, plus being...

My boss is a marked man. But he’s not the only one. He’s sporting a mark across his nose . . . from wearing a mask. It’s a sign of our...

Have you ever seen a horse from this angle? I have! Do you know what causes it? You guessed it: hard stops. (Go ahead and chuckle. I know...