Why Grace is Hard
Grace. It is a gift so spectacular that we sometimes cannot wrap our minds around its beauty. Grace comes to us just when we need […]
Room at the Church Table (Part 2)
38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a […]
Resignation Instead of Resolution
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us, we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.” […]
Room at the Church Table (Part 1)
Sometimes, when you start writing, your piece takes on a life of itself. That’s what happened here. What started out completely different, stirred up some […]
Proverbs 31: A Love Hate Relationship
Like every woman, I have sat through my fair share of Bible studies and women’s events that focus on the Proverbs 31 woman. I have […]
Marriage: Loving Tension
“For the record, in Bereshit (Genesis by you) where it talks about the “helpmmet,” the Hebrew is not just Ezer, but Ezer k’gnedo, which means […]
Dr. Jesus, the Church, and Mental Health
Here are some facts about our brains from “Complexity of Our Brain” by Dr. Mario D. Garrett as found in Psychology Today. A human brain has […]
Solo drives, Showers, and Worship
Carolyn had seen the muffled sobs that shook me in the pew and had come to gather me into her arms. Despite having only met […]
Marriage: Having Each Other's Back
I wish I could say that I have total faith in God and His strength to carry me through any difficult circumstance that comes my […]
More Than We Ask
“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within […]