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On Usefulness

Do you ever wonder if God is using you? Going a step further, do you sometimes fear that when you cease to be useful, you become insignificant? If our performance determines our worth, why would Jesus tell us to seek first His kingdom and not worry about the rest? Would He really have told Mary she did […]

A Nice Surprise

In the middle of an insanely busy week (four commencement ceremonies), I enjoyed finding the following review posted on Readers’ Favorite for my new eBook. We Wait You is a true-to-life story by Taryn Hutchison about her work as a Christian missionary in the war-torn climate of Europe in 1990. Covering many countries which lived […]

How to Make Mother’s Day Less Difficult (for you and for others)

  Mother’s Day isn’t a sunny flower-filled day for a lot of women.  You may be an empathetic soul and understand that women struggling with infertility and women who have lost children will have a hard time on Sunday. But did you know that there are others for whom Mother’s Day hurts? It’s not hard […]

Redeeming the Locust Years

Last night I went to a dinner in honor of the men and women who volunteer at our local prison. (My husband is one of them.) The young man who spoke to the group is well-known to many of us. He’s an articulate and successful college basketball coach who has invested his life in ministering […]

The Elusive Ideal

When you think about your situation in life, is it easy for you to tick off all the things you wish were different? It is for me. And when you look elsewhere, do you only see the good parts? The greener grass? You’re looking at an illusion. Nothing is perfect. Everything has its good points and […]

The Last Word

We’re all tired of it. The senseless killing and violence. Cancer and heart disease. Sin and its slimy tentacles that hold us in its death grip. Sometimes it’s hard to remember that Jesus defeated sin and death when it constantly surrounds us and presses in on us. We can so easily lose sight of the […]

The Celebration to Come

All over the world, in every time zone, Christ-followers will gather on Sunday with joy to worship our Risen Saviour. We will celebrate! Before we get to Sunday, though, we have to walk through the valley of the shadow of death. But it’s only temporary. Some will gather in secret. In countries where they are persecuted. […]

Growing Old Together

When Steve and I got married, fourteen years ago today, I read this stanza from Robert Browning to him: Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made: Our times are in His hand Who saith, “A whole I planned, Youth shows but […]

Choosing the Lowly (or, The Tale of An Honored Donkey)

When I wrote about the talking donkey in the Bible, that started me down a rabbit trail of other donkeys who made their way into the inspired Word of God. Two more quickly came to my mind. If you’re like me, your first thought would be the donkey in the nativity story. Naturally, the Christmas […]

Choosing the Lowly (or, The Tale of Another Donkey)

When I wrote about the talking donkey in the Bible, that started me down a rabbit trail of other donkeys who made their way into the inspired Word of God. Two more quickly came to my mind. If you’re like me, your first thought would be the donkey in the nativity story. Naturally, the Christmas […]