Published at Family Christian. I sit down to read a few emails when involuntary tears spill over—the kind where I didn’t even think a sad...

Published at Family Christian. Sometime during the hour between grabbing my coffee and checking my email, my morning was hijacked by a...

Published at Family Christian. The month of May feels like it arrives holding a venti blonde roast with an extra shot of espresso. Just...

Published at She Reads Truth. These are hard and sobering verses, aren’t they? Today’s chapters round out the sixth of Isaiah’s woes,...

Published at Family Christian. “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of...

Published at Family Christian. We pulled into the parking lot at our nature center, and my three not-competitive-at-all sons scrambled...

Published at She Reads Truth. We love a good “rags to riches” story, don’t we? Especially when God tells it in His upside-down kind of...

Published at Family Christian. I was pushing my cart through the grocery store, deleting items from the list on my phone as I went....

Published at She Reads Truth. I remember that eighth grade summer. I’d show up at the park on those warm evenings with my gaggle of...

Published at Family Christian. The wind gusts cleared thousands of orange pine needles from our row of trees and deposited most of them...

Published at Family Christian. I finish my spicy pickles, the juice now running unobstructed across my empty paper plate. I feel the...

Published at Family Christian. It wasn’t wrong. A hard thing happened to someone I cared for, and I jumped at the opportunity to help...

Published at She Reads Truth. I’m sipping my coffee and reading this chapter, and something inside me feels uncomfortable. Jesus didn’t...

Published at Family Christian. In my house, Easter does not mean new dresses — it means the replenishment of khakis, as every year finds...

Published at Family Christian. I first tasted the lure of perfection in first grade at my tiny Christian school. At the end of the school...

Published at Family Christian. I’m blow-drying my hair, venting to Jesus (again) about the hurt that’s been haunting my heart for years...

Published at Family Christian. I light the green balsam-scented candle on my kitchen island, settle onto the stool at the counter with my...

Published at She Reads Truth, Giving Thanks Reading Plan. I admit, I’m a sucker for any reel or caption that starts with “learn the...

Published at She Reads Truth, Judges Reading Plan. In my soccer-loving family, one of our post-game rituals on the ride home is the...

Published at She Reads Truth, Romans Reading Plan. Back in my big hair days, one of the challenges of going to church camp was that we...