When I remember what the locusts have eaten in my life through death, illness, rebellion, injury, sin, and more – I feel anger, sorrow, and frustration. But I also feel a longing for it all to be made right. Sadly, what humans unleashed in the Garden still slithers through our lives today, looking for something or someone to devour. In this world, locusts will always eat things.
Read MoreOne chilly fall day in 2004, I stood looking out my living room window, but my mind wasn't on the neighborhood kids playing or the changing leaves. Instead, it was hundreds of miles away, focused on my grandfather, who had called to tell me about his initial home visit with a hospice intake nurse…
Read MoreI often plan not out of wisdom and prudence but to reduce anxiety about the future. But no amount of good planning prepares me for "rogue waves," unanticipated and unwanted events that hit me out of nowhere.
Read MoreThere’s more to the act of celebrating than meets the eye. I learned this lesson through a hard experience when I was thirteen.
Read MoreWe don’t develop separation anxiety - we are born with it. But the unease and stress that comes when we lose earthly loves – not just people, but beloved pets and even treasured comfort objects – illuminates our most significant need and longing.
Read MoreThe inspiring story of how my dad recovered his hope following the death of my sister, following a three-year battle with ALS in 2010.
Read MoreWhen you see adoption or foster stories in movies, the parents seem to have it all together and know just the right things to say. That wasn’t me. But, after a disastrous trip to Disney with our daughter-to-be, I was somehow hopeful.
Read MoreGod tells us to “rejoice always, pray continually and give thanks in all circumstances.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16). But in the early days of the pandemic, I wondered how to rejoice while the whole world was mourning.
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