I sat in my chair and wept. For days, all I had heard was hard news.  Tyranny and human oppression globally, polarizing political agendas nationally, natural catastrophes regionally, and vaccination tensions locally.  That was heavy enough, but then there were also the personal stories.  Precious people I know who are struggling in their marriages, navigating…

Before Anthony and I wed so many years ago, I had reached a point where I thought if God ever wanted me to remarry, He would just bring someone to my door. Kind of like Amazon home delivery. God’s able to do all things, isn’t He?  Depositing a marriage candidate on my front porch wasn’t…

Have you ever observed Canadian Geese in flight? If so, you’ll understand me when I say it’s not a quiet event.  It’s a noisy affair with honking galore. Typically flying in a V-formation, the lead goose blazes a trail for those behind him to follow.  This point bird takes the brunt of the journey as…

Did you get to tune in to any of the recent summer Olympics?  Even if you weren’t glued to your TV, it would have been difficult to escape the continuous stream of updates and coverage of the various medal-winners that popped up every time you used the internet within the last couple of weeks. While…

I recently had the privilege of baptizing a little girl during a Sunday morning church service.  According to her overjoyed mama, her excitement had been building for days and included a countdown to the event on the home front. The special morning arrived and she could hardly contain her joy as she bounded into church…

I’m a mother to four (now grown, thanks be to God) children!  I remember the countless days of trying to get parenting right.  The burden of feeling like I was doing or saying things that were going to “mess up” my kids.  The numerous nights I put my head on the pillow unsure of how…