I was walking down the hall at church the other day and saw it.  A little girl – arms outstretched, hands open – was asking her Mom to pick her up.  I was still taking in the scene when God reminded me… Be like that.  Live open-handed.  Reach for Me.  That was the message.  Plain…

Growing up in Upper Michigan, I learned to drive on snowy roads.  Blizzards were the most nerve-racking of road conditions to navigate as they brought complete whiteout conditions in which you literally couldn’t see anything beyond the windshield.  I remember having to slow my car to a crawl of 1 mph and pray that nothing…

IT’S HERE! After months of hard work, lots of edits, and heartfelt prayers, I am excited to announce that my new book, He’s an Everyday God, is finally available! If you enjoy keeping up with me on this blog, you’ll relish this book. It’s a compilation of 40 short devotions that practically remind us, through…

I’ve lost count of the many times I’ve failed as a parent. There were numerous moments in my children’s upbringing where I wasn’t able to protect, help, or prevent outside sources from inflicting pain of some kind on them. But, there were just as many moments where I was the cause of their grief and…

Languishing. It’s what researchers are now discovering that society, as a whole, is navigating. On the heels of all things COVID and 2020, the adverse emotional and mental ripple effect from living in “fight or flight mode” for so long is starting to kick in. People are exhausted as the world continues to try and…

Tensions were rising. Emotions were elevating as people went from frustrated to angry. The airplane that we were waiting to board had just suffered its fourth delay. Stormy weather mixed with mechanical delays had pushed our departure time back more than 3 hours. What had started off as individual travelers who had trickled in to…