You never know what a day will hold. On a day when you expect to leave on a road trip with friends, you can end up waiting in the emergency room because your grandmother had cardiac arrest. After thinking she might not take another breath, you can find yourself having a conversation with her the […]
God was so faithful on this most recent research trip to New Mexico. While I had a list of places to go and questions to ask, I really didn’t know how it would all work out or whom I would get to see—yet I sensed the Lord’s leading to go, and tried to trust He […]
My family’s life right now is a whirl of rehearsals, emails, and phone calls, of altering costumes and gathering props, of organizing tickets and writing programs, of juggling—as are our directors and all the families involved in our upcoming production of Cinderella—all the myriad details that come with putting on a musical. We open in […]
Lately I’ve been discovering the heroine of my novel-in-progress and I have something in common: fear. Perhaps it’s our protective, big-sister natures—perhaps it’s from experiences in our past—perhaps it’s just our own sinful frailty. But we both struggle to let go of our fears and worries, to truly place people and situations close to our hearts […]
I took a walk this morning and was struck by the flowers. Not so much the cultivated roses and azaleas in people’s yards, but the tiny ones sprinkling the parkways, almost too small to notice unless you were looking. I gathered a few of each kind—yellow and lavender, fuchsia and periwinkle, blossoms and stars and […]
My mom and I taught a class of wiggly two-and-three-year-olds (though not the one to the left) about the ascension this past Sunday. It’s always a fun, albeit hectic, hour or so of dropped crayons and smashed cheerios and squealing little people and occasional I-miss-mommy tears. But as I sat in the circle of carpet […]
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, The emblem of suff’ring and shame; And I love that old cross where the dearest and best For a world of lost sinners was slain. So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross, Till my trophies at last I lay down; I will cling to the old rugged cross, And exchange it […]
So much is going on…the good, the hard, and the unknown. It’s so easy to be anxious, to let it all tie my stomach in knots. Lord, help me keep my eyes on You and be thankful… For rain Musicals Yellow tulips New leaves on the trees My sister having a good time at a […]
Trust…when I can’t see the road ahead. Trust…when I can’t see through tears. Trust…when some dreams seem near crushing while others near blooming. Trust…because He’s never failed us yet. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make […]
Just after I titled this post, I got up to settle my grandma in her favorite spot in the sun and handed her today’s paper. The front-page photo caught my eye, a man carrying a boy wounded in the current conflict in Syria. I turned the paper over so it wouldn’t upset my grandma too […]
