My oldest daughter takes claim with ease and resilience of what she believes is hers. This behavior is most apparent when a "prized possession", that she’s forgotten all about, is found in the hands of her little sister. Like a strike of lightening, the statement of...

My petite five-foot nothing frame lends itself to reach. Reaching. Stretching. Constantly. There are so many days when I have thought the whole world would be at my finger tips if only...! If only I was a little bit taller. Just a few more inches and I could reach and...

In my days as a campus minister with the Coalition for Christian Outreach (CCO), I learned of God's great timeline -the Bible presented in chronological form. That season of learning may have been a "few" years ago and a lot of water has passed under the bridge since...

What does it mean to know God? What does it look like to worship him with a whole heart? These are questions that need to be wrestled with and contemplated. Through my own wrestling with these questions I have come to understand it is hard give my whole heart to God...

Romans 15:13 says, "May God, the source of hope, fill you with joy and peace through your faith in him. Then you will overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." The twinkle of the Christmas lights, the glimmer of the glittered decorations, the smell of...

This is my sister-in-law and me at our last lunch together before we parted from Thanksgiving break. Despite our distance, the Holiday's have proven to be a sweet time where we catch up and celebrate what God has done in our lives, and talk through struggles we face...