How to Help When Your Friend Is Hurting

How to Help When Your Friend Is Hurting

Your friend is in trouble.  Big trouble. I’m not talking thrown-in-jail kind of trouble, although that certainly could be the case. I’m talking about life circumstance trouble. Maybe she’s struggling through cancer treatment, trying to stay strong in a fractured...
7 Tips to Help You Wait in Faith

7 Tips to Help You Wait in Faith

Time moves slowly than when you’re waiting. Most days, time speeds by. I blink and it’s Christmas again. I open my eyes to a new day and discover that my daughters are a year older (and so am I). I pay my taxes and find that they’re due again. Like an Olympic luge...
A Little Lesson in Big Generosity

A Little Lesson in Big Generosity

When was the last time something moved you to tears—in a good way? Tender tears filled my eyes, of all times, at a family Easter gathering. It had been a glorious day. Rainy skies had given way to sunshine just in time to welcome churchgoers. Our sanctuary rang with...