If You’re Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love
Sometimes we find the greatest comfort in the simplest truths. If you’re grieving the loss of someone you love today, or you know someone who is, allow me to share some comfort. But first, a story to set the stage. My friend and his wife have an ongoing bet. If he...
My Totally Awesome Working on This Forever Bodaciously Exciting Gift
Want to know a secret? In 2020 (yes, during COVID), I wrote a sister book to my best-selling devotional, Refresh Your Faith. Like RYF, it contained 66 devotions, one from every book of the Bible. But instead of spotlighting a VERSE from every book, it spotlighted a...
Would you Like to Draw Closer to God this Year? Here’s the Best Way
The headline read, “Ten Ways to Draw Closer to God this Year.” As I looked down at the long list, I sighed. I was a young mom overwhelmed with the responsibilities of caring for two young children, homeschooling, serving in church, and working outside the home part...
My Special Christmas Gift from the Lord
It happened when I wasn’t expecting it. In fact, for a few moments during that lovely Christmas Day service, surrounded by all the trappings of the season, I had forgotten I was pregnant. I'd moved past the queasy months of early pregnancy. In a comfortable...
Wondering How to Have Joy this Christmas? Live Generously
I assumed the crackly voice I heard through the intercom correctly repeated my order. It was simple enough. "One small chocolate Frosty." And I think the faceless voice instructed me to drive around to the second window. I must have correctly deciphered speaker-ese,...
Could God Be Testing You? How to Know
“With money so tight,” Granny said, “why would he leave money lying around?" My grandmother was a Portuguese immigrant. The daughter of textile mill workers, she was much older than the English speaking students in her class, and they mocked her. She quit school after...