Along with my husband and son, another important fellow shares our home. He's our large-and-in-charge ragdoll cat Figaro. I'm always learning something from the Fig, but I especially love the way he … [Read more...]

We want to speak up but feel intimidated by the crowd. We know it's time to change direction, but how will we afford to live? We feel compelled to tell others about life in Christ, to share … [Read more...]

When someone apologizes, it's not hard to forgive. It's harder to forgive when someone doesn't seem sorry at all (and may only seem to see the "faults" of others). We must forgive anyway--even if our … [Read more...]

Four years ago I tried to read the Bible from start to finish, but it ended up in the trash before getting through Genesis. That sounds horrible, but I have to admit it's the truth. I concluded that … [Read more...]

When we're serious about spiritual growth, temptations abound to redirect our steps. We could experience a situation or setting that seems easy enough to handle... even when we know it's probably … [Read more...]

We've all heard the saying "you reap what you sow," but to me it always sounded like some kind of threat. It's often used with a cautionary tone or thrown into conversations about others or after a … [Read more...]

I woke up this morning thinking about the Robert Frost poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay." It always felt purposeful and melancholy, but by taking a closer look a deeper message emerged -- one about times … [Read more...]

There is a bigger picture than most of us realize. Even if we do realize it, we may not fully comprehend it because it's more real than anything that exists here. It requires having the faith to know … [Read more...]