"I just want to get home!"

Could God be trying to tell me something?…Yesterday and today in my various travels, I have been encountering “road closed ahead” sign after “road closed ahead” sign, and they have most often been encountered as I’m trying to get...

From Disappointment to a Blessing

As Bill and I celebrated our seventeenth anniversary on Saturday, I know we were both a little disappointed that our original plans of going away for the weekend weren’t working out like we had hoped. There were too many things happening with our family which...

A Parent’s Prayer for Teens

Over the weekend, Ali and I had some pretty serious conversations. I have been preparing myself, and I believe God has been preparing me too, for certain questions Ali might ask me someday. They were asked this weekend at different times. I think Ali found out more...

Proverbs 31 For Mothers

I enjoy reading about, and am challenged by the “Proverbs 31 Woman.” I always have been. Here is The Message translation of Proverbs 31:10-31.A good woman is hard to find, and worth far more than diamonds.Her husband trusts her without reserve, and never...

Happy Easter!

We celebrate Jesus’ resurrection today. Sure, we have always done Easter baskets for Ali and Zach, filled to the brim with candy and fun stuff, and we have always done an Easter egg hunt in our home with colored foil-wrapped Hershey’s chocolate eggs when...

Why Did Jesus Have to Die?

With Easter being tomorrow, and with Good Friday being yesterday, do we really understand why Jesus had to die the way he did? I am always fascinated by the events that took place during this week thousands of years ago in Jesus’ life. As Christians, every year...

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