Strong for Everyone Else I received some difficult news. I didn’t want to be a burden by sharing it, but it was too heavy to carry myself. Bravely reaching out to some friends, I briefly texted about the uncertainty I was facing. My friends told me they’d be praying. But…
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When the Five–Year Plan Falls Apart When my husband and I got married, I worked full-time until he was done with school. After that we planned on working for a few years, and saving quite a bit of our salaries, so when we had kids, and I stayed home with…
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Luke 5:12-13 “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean. Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man, ‘I am willing’, he said. ‘Be clean!’ And immediately the leprosy left him.” This man with leprosy believed that Jesus could make him clean, if He was willing. Shadrach, Meschach…
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Dear Daughter: I see you there, love…my try-hard girl, my striving for the “A” daughter, the Type A woman—the Martha type who handles it all. You are My creation—painted with the brushstrokes of grace upon breathtaking landscape. I know how hard you work…rising early, staying up late, constantly stirring thoughts…
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What a joy to interview author, Tricia Goyer, about her new book, Walk It Out: The Radical Result of Living God’s Word One Step at a Time. Interview with Tricia Goyer 1. Walk It Out is such an important message for today’s Christian in our current climate of compromise. Can…
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We’re switching things up today. Instead of reading this month’s letter to the Tightly Wound Woman, how about you take a listen? Audio Post: Hope for When You’re Feeling Foolish Email subscribers can listen here. And just in case you need to read the words too, to really let it…
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