God Can Be Trusted

God Can Be Trusted

Growing up, I was that girl. When I wrote in my school planner, I used a different color pen for each class. Whenever our English teacher gave us a new paperback novel, I would secure it in a Ziploc bag so that the edges wouldn’t tatter in my backpack. I always placed...
Big Magic

Big Magic

The “Highlight the Night” homecoming dance wasn’t on our parental radar. High school dances are for kids with cars, jobs and facial hair, none of which the freshman living under our roof has. When he casually announced at dinner during homecoming week that a girl...
Stewarding Uncertainty

Stewarding Uncertainty

A line in Becoming Mrs. Lewis stopped me in my tracks this week. When C.S. Lewis’ wife receives a terminal diagnosis and laments the hopelessness of their circumstance, he says to her, “It is not hopeless. It is uncertain, and this is the cross God always gives us in...
6 Things I Learned This Spring

6 Things I Learned This Spring

It’s that time again! I’m joining Emily P. Freeman’s “What I Learned” community in reflecting on the past season before moving into the next. Below are six things I learned this spring in no particular order. I hope you can see yourself...