Look around. Watch the news. Listen to people talking in the next booth. Scroll through your social media feeds. I don’t know about you, but it seems pretty obvious to me that we are all in need of some serious saving right about now.
Never mind for a minute about platforms and hashtags, soap boxes and aisles, movements and slogans. There’s really only one solution, one remedy, one antidote to the sickness that plagues our world today.
The week after Christmas, my sister texted me to find out how our holiday in North Dakota had been. It was good, I told her. I got sick on the way there and didn’t feel like myself most of the time, but it was nice to get away. Then I …
Last year, Molly’s school had a weekly program designed to help students become more comfortable discussing issues such as sadness and anxiety that can often lead to bigger problems like poor school performance and substance abuse. While the “Everyone Struggles” sessions may have been useful for kids who enjoy talking …
I usually love writing these quarterly posts, but I had to work a little harder on this one. It’s not that I haven’t learned anything lately. It’s more a matter of life coming at me so fast from so many directions that I’m still processing most of it. I’m a …
From an editorial standpoint, overusing words is an obvious no-no. There are times when repetition works well for dramatic effect, of course, but it’s usually better to eliminate words or phrases that appear more than once or twice in a paragraph. That said, I’m glad the Apostle Paul wasn’t fixated …
In waiting rooms and living rooms, bedrooms and examination rooms. In the garden, the shower, the pickup line, the checkout line. Love prays. Through windshield time, nap time, crunch time, white-knuckle time. Love prays. On vacation days, sick days, project bid days. On beautiful days, hard days, tired days, Love prays. …