Posted June 11, 2024
The wait is an active position, not a stagnant one. Buying our house fourteen years ago required a nine month wait. It was a short sale and the lenders were in no hurry to sell it. So we waited. Although we decided the house with a great layout and alluring mountain view
... continue reading.Posted November 22, 2023
“Why does my hair tangle so easily, mom?” She asks, frustrated. “It’s not fair!” I silently pick away at the mat in the back of her head. My seven-year-old daughter has had the burden of snarly hair since it grew beyond her shoulders. We’d often sit together on my bed
... continue reading.Posted May 24, 2023
When it comes to parenting, there is a time for teaching and a time for letting go. I’ll never forget learning this lesson when my cautious first-born son had finally grown into his first bicycle, yet hadn’t quite mastered his launch.
... continue reading.Posted April 25, 2023
Comparison is a bully. Like fear and doubt, it creeps in undetected. It kills creativity. It minimizes Gods calling on our lives. It causes us either to withdraw or to overthink and obsess. It quenches God’s Spirit. It causes us to doubt our gifts. It says we’re not enough. The
... continue reading.Posted April 11, 2023
God is in the details.
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5 reasons to set your hope on grace
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It’s 2008. Facebook is still a novelty and cell phones are not yet the hand held digital computers they are today. I sit in front of my desk computer and scan words from the feed of my new Facebook account, reading how proud my father is of his young adult
... continue reading.Posted March 1, 2022
“And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.” Romans 8:38, NLT Desiring Approval Upon stumbling through
... continue reading.Posted January 25, 2022
Do you ever feel discouraged when the work toward a goal or that dream feels small? New Beginnings Often Start Small On that cool October afternoon our mom first drove my five sisters and me into Sheridan, Wyoming, it was with little money or resources. After a short time, it
... continue reading.Posted December 7, 2021
I rummage through the Christmas bins in the storage room and pull out the “my gift to Jesus,” gift-wrapped box. My mind wanders toward the little six-year-old girl writing what she is grateful for onto a slip of paper, then slipping it into the slit at the top of the
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