I was stuck. I had emotions to process, decisions to make, and people to talk to. My head was spinning with thoughts and the more it spun, the more stuck I felt. In an effort to be decisive about something, I sat down. I just wanted to cry. I wasn’t even sure what to pray….
Have you ever felt like you’re going backwards in life? Try as you may to move forward, it just seems like progress is unattainable and the only direction destined for you is reverse? I cannot tell you how many times I’ve felt that way! One of my more obvious examples comes from early on in…
Do you ever feel like you’ve lost your spiritual sparkle? I sure have! Simply walking through a typical day can remove our shine quickly as we navigate everything from fractured relationships to on-the-job stress. But God, who sees our circumstances from a much higher vantage point, always has a purpose. He always has a plan….
It was a warm summer day. My children and I lived close enough to a small grocery store for my oldest daughter (then 12-years old) to hop on her bike and run a quick errand for me. Half an hour after she left the house, my phone rang. I answered it and heard a man’s…
Six years. That’s how old my Grace and Glory blog is this month. I find myself reflective and celebratory in equal measure. In the beginning, three people were deeply instrumental in my decision to journey down this path of public writing. One is still in my life; one has passed away; and one has moved….
Our team was exhausted. We had been traveling by plane, train, and automobile for hours and just wanted to be home. Arriving in Detroit that mid-Sunday afternoon, the eight of us settled in for our six-hour layover. While the lengthy stop wasn’t optimal, it gave us more time to talk about our mission trip to…
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