When we are young we often look ahead and conclude that we will reach a level of maturity and strength when we enter later seasons of life. Life, time, and God (if we allow him to) have a tendency to reveal how very weak we are and how very much we need His strength each…

“I wasn’t a good mom..” she said recently. I don’t know of any mom who actually believes in her heart of hearts that she is good mom. We know ourselves too well.  We have a mental list of all the things we’ve done poorly. We have desires, goals and aspirations, but are unable to reach…

Hey friend I was wondering: If so, you are not alone! In fact, just a  couple of weeks ago I noticed that I’d started feeling some  of these same emotions. I  pushed my way through several days, attempting to ignore how I was feeling, and then one morning my daughter called to discuss our holiday…

We sit at my kitchen table, big mugs filled with steaming coffee. She is 10 years ahead of me and I am relishing the time I have with her.  I pepper her with questions and she  humbly shares her heart. There’s something about the calm, tempered words of the mature believer that makes me stop…

“Why are you watching that? It will only stress you out!” That is what my husband said recently when he saw me watching one of a few documentaries that have interested me: Amazon’s “Shiny Happy People,” Hulu’s “The Secrets of Hillsong,” and Hulu’s “God Forbid.”  All stories of ministries that were started by sincere people (I…

She was about four years old. She stood in front of me waiting for her food. Grabbing her mom around her neck, she hugged her and said, “Mommy, when I grow up I’m going to cook for you!” Then she stood there tugging on the back of her pants. Her mom ignored her. I wonder…