The sheet my son holds is thin and weathered from the years. It is an inherited page from my husband's family. The words and songs were his as a child and are our tradition now, and we claim them in this kitchen one more year. He i ...
More Than Medicine
Before the Foundation, family members were sleeping on the floor of this hospital, desiring to stay close to their loved ones who had suffered life-altering burns and wounds. Family members could now stay there, close to those they love.
God’s Got It
I'm so honored to welcome my friend Jennifer Dukes Lee to this space today. She is a fellow lover of Iowa sunsets and dirt roads. Our paths first crossed several years ago on a writer's retreat and God orchestrated many meet-ups since then which ha ...
More Than A Hotline
What A Depressed Friend Might Need Right Now ------------------------------------------------------------- Two weeks ago my daughter’s boyfriend bought her a Kate Spade wallet in NYC. We had wandered around touching all the pretty things, ...
The High Cost Of Community
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." - Hebrews 12:1 If yo ...
When The New Year Looks Like a Broken Road
When I was fifteen years old I was in the passenger seat during a terrible car accident. I don’t remember much from that day or the days that followed. I sustained the most injury out of the 4 teens in that Oldsmobile on that Friday night of my s ...
On Looking Back Before We Look Forward
Hello 2018. You came in downright cold today in most places here in the U.S. Friends have messaged me all day of -20 degree temperatures in the Midwest. I found it hard to leave yoga pants and my favorite sweatshirt and opted to stay cozy in sai ...