Maybe it’s the cancer memoir that struck a nerve deep inside. Maybe it’s my coworker’s casual comment about her friends’ 18-month-old daughter they found dead in her crib, her twin sister screaming at her lifeless playmate, “Up, sissy! Up!” Maybe it’s the feeling of my daughter pressing up against me, eagerly gulping down mama’s milk while looking at me with …
Tomorrow the universal church observes the Annunciation of Mary: the day Mary received the news that she would bear the Son of God. As I’ve mentioned before, I didn’t grow up observing the church calendar, but I find it refreshing to remember biblical events on days that I wouldn’t otherwise think about them. Following a church calendar helps me remember …
A reader recently shared with me that she would love to read more books but doesn’t have time. As a new mom, full-time career woman, and blogger, I get it: I’m hard-pressed for time as well. But reading is important to me because through books I enter new worlds and see new perspectives. As Tim Keller says: Read and listen …
I didn’t want to be at work. I had just taken a week off to stay home with my baby girl and snuggle—and it was a blast. Going back to work the next Monday? Not so much. Which made me wonder: when had this job—seen as such a blessing when I first received it—become such a burden? When Blessings Become …
I need to repent of my repentance; I need my tears to be washed; I have no robe to bring to cover my sins, no loom to weave my own righteousness; I am always standing clothed in filthy garments, and by grace am always receiving change of raiment, for thou dost always justify the ungodly. ~Valley of Vision: A Collection …