Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family… in another city. — George BurnsAbove all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. — 1 ...
Life is all about stories. Stories of hope, hardship, families, struggles, spiritual journeys, and more. It’s through stories that we connect with each other, experience empathy, and understand our own ...
Editor’s note: Who are we? Why are we here? What’s the purpose? What are we supposed to be doing? Those questions can haunt women and stall us from moving forward ...
Years ago, I was working on a book in Africa. I met up with some doctors who were treating women with obstetric fistulas. A condition caused in countries with limited ...
I adored our family of four. We had two happy, silly, lovable boys who were just beginning preschool and kindergarten. Steve and I were starting to feel like real adults, ...
Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the ...
You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound. — Psalm 4:7 NIV Thought for the Day: It’s easy to do the right ...
Like the sacramental use of water and bread and wine, friendship takes what’s common in human experience and turns it into something holy. — Eugene H. Peterson, Leap Over a ...
This past spring our friends Jill and Guri secured a table at Talula’s Table, one of the most difficult dinner reservations to snag in the entire country. There was seating ...
Editor’s Note: Find each other all over again… Marriage is a beautiful gift and takes work to maintain sweetness, joy, and intimacy. What better time than now to choose love ...
I don’t know about you but during Christmas break all I did was lounge around wrapped up in cozy blankets and read to my heart’s content. It was pure luxury. ...
Every Day Is Like an Airline Emergency Have you ever noticed the severe discrepancy behind the very few verses in the Bible that discuss the “how-to” of parenting and the ...
Taste and see that the Lord is good! — Psalm 34:8Some of my favorite memories have happened around the table.The sweetest times involve family and friends enjoying delicious food and ...
When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. — Matthew 2:10The Christmas lights now in the neighborhoods have no rival at any other season. We put up lights to celebrate ...