All You Need Is Love?
A young girl, completely unprepared, marries a young boy. “Love will see us through,” they reason. It doesn’t. A young child enters a new home, via adoption or foster care. The parents cling to the...
View ArticleAm I a Difficult Person? (10 ways to alienate those you love)
My personal library is full of books on how to deal with difficult people. Pages in these books are dog-eared so that I can easily find sections in times of crisis. Sentences are underlined multiple...
View ArticleHonor That Quells Conflict
Are you dealing with someone difficult? Perhaps it is family, a business associate, teacher, manager, or perhaps a ministry leader. Conflict is never comfortable. But it’s important to recognize that...
View ArticlePruning the Fairy Tree
Trees. Really, life would not be quite the same without them. A tree is a source-of-life poster child, season banner waver, emblematic proclaimer of his handiwork. And a great source of entertainment...
View ArticleThe Great I AM Is Crying
Today The Great I AM is crying. Everywhere I see He weeps. Salty tears drip down my window and soak my hair. She rocks in her chair. Clutching the black beaded scarf covering her head. Soft repetitious...
View ArticleThe Image of God
In my decade of living in the western suburbs of Chicago, I walked hundreds of miles on the Prairie Paths that wound through the area’s forests and meadows. My favorite was a little stretch very near...
View ArticleI Found Space to Ask Big Questions
One of the interesting things about becoming an adult is that I find myself asking fewer questions about the meaning of life. When I was a child, I lobbed a constant barrage of “whys” at my parents...
View ArticleViewing God As He Truly Is
Despite an upbringing in the church and a few worn out Bibles, I have never considered myself a theologian. According to R. C. Sproul, though, I am one. In Knowing Scripture, he states, “No Christian...
View ArticleGod’s Presence in Our Harried Lives
Over the past year, I’ve enjoyed the Grantchester Mysteries, both the novels by James Runcie and the PBS Masterpiece series. The mysteries feature Sidney Chambers, vicar and amateur detective of...
View ArticleEmbracing the Feminine Side of God’s Nature
Someday, I will get to the Vatican. I just know it. I’ll stroll through St. Peter’s square, tour the museum, and visit the library. I’ll also pray in the Sistine Chapel, overshadowed by Michelangelo’s...
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