Sunday Dinner and the God of New Things
“Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even…
Waiting on God’s Best
My husband proposed six months after we started dating. I was fresh out of college and secretly hoping I would…
Building a Secure Attachment Style With God
“I have an insecure attachment style,” I wrote in my journal.
I had recently been researching the different types of “attachment styles,” a psychological term for how our primary caregivers’ engagement with us as infants can impact our adult relationships. I learned that our family of origin can set us up to have secure attachments or insecure ones.
A Choice To Serve
“What do you want your family, friends and colleagues to say about you at your funeral?” I was in a…
What We Should Do With Detrimental Thoughts
It was my son’s 6th birthday, and I was planning an epic Chuck E. Cheese party. I sent the invites,…
Believing God For Things That Seem Impossible
For more than two decades, I pleaded for God’s intervention in a close family relationship.
On my knees, I fumbled for words that would somehow touch the heart of God in a way I had not done before. Some days the words flowed like water from a faucet, and other days they were replaced by tears.