Category: from the heart
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› Read more: A Word to the Long-Waiting
A Word to the Long-Waiting
As Dona Maria sat beside her long-time friend and shared stories of their ministry together, I had to hold back…
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› Read more: Living with Proper Proportion
Living with Proper Proportion
I share a roof with teenagers which means that things get easily out of proportion. To their developing brains and…
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› Read more: Catch & Release
Catch & Release
Growing up on the Jersey Shore, my dad took many deep-sea fishing trips with his friends. When they returned, my…
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› Read more: Timely Truths from Wendell Berry
Timely Truths from Wendell Berry
I love reading essays by Wendell Berry, aside from the fact that they make me realize I don’t share his…
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› Read more: Divine Co-Regulation
Divine Co-Regulation
For the past few weeks, my son has fallen asleep listening to the modern hymn, “He Will Hold Me Fast”…
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› Read more: Perplexing yet Perfect
Perplexing yet Perfect
God is all-wise. All his ways are perfect, accomplishing the ends for which he conceived them (Ps. 18: 30; Ps.…
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› Read more: Mind the Gap: Leaving Gaps for God to Fill
Mind the Gap: Leaving Gaps for God to Fill
In high school, I had the privilege of spending some time in London. Even though we saw the changing of…
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› Read more: What I Really Need for Mother’s Day
What I Really Need for Mother’s Day
My sweet husband asked me yesterday (a full week before Mother’s Day, I might add), “What do you really want…
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› Read more: To One Long Waiting
To One Long Waiting
Everywhere I look around me, I see loved ones waiting: waiting on a diagnosis, waiting on a foster care placement,…
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› Read more: His Broad Back & His Everlasting Arms
His Broad Back & His Everlasting Arms
My son drew a worry monster this week. A little sketch made of charcoal pencils in his tiny notebook. The…
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