Inside: What it takes to keep learning—no matter how old you are. Plus … one way to do hard things, why it helps to run into the wind, and how to respond to unanswered prayers.
Several weeks ago, I watched as my younger sister taught my 92-year-old aunt how to use the video feature of Facebook Messenger. Aunt Renate wanted to be able to video chat with her daughter in Mississippi; now she can.
Goes to show, you’re never too old to learn something new.
Inside: When time flies by and it seems like the world is spinning out of control, the Book of Isaiah offers comfort and encouragement. I’ve been blinking so much lately it feels like I’m in a perpetual dust storm. I blinked and it’s November. I blinked and the vibrant fall …
Inside: My dad’s metaphor for time and what we can learn from it that might help us use our time wisely. ~ In his classic book On Writing Well, William Zinsser lamented that “Memories too often die with their owner, and time too often surprises us by running out.” As …
Full. It was my One Word for 2020, and it seems to be a fitting description for the fall of 2022 as well. In September, Randy and I spent several days visiting his mom in North Dakota. A few weeks later, my sister and I took our second annual trip …
I read Mere Christianity for the first time when I was in my late 40s. I don’t know why it took me so long. I love C.S. Lewis. The Chronicles of Narnia are among my favorite books in the whole wide literary world. I was late to the party, for sure. …
I have a pretty good idea what my strengths are. You probably know yours too. We might never broadcast our talents to the world, but part of knowing ourselves is understanding how we are wired and being confident in our gifts. Hopefully, we’re not like those tone-deaf people who were convinced …