I wish I could draw the picture I can see so clearly in my head. Alas, my best attempt at creating visual art would look like awkward stick figures. But the image is clear to me, and this is what I see as I look at the world around me. I see a young man […]
Then God Created…Woman
I’ve spent my career writing about many of the women of the Bible. I’ve loved getting to know these women through their stories in Scripture, especially as I’ve found they aren’t so very different than we are today. Many of them were strong women, something that seems to be highly honored in our world. That’s […]
Made for another world
C. S. Lewis once said, “If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world (something supernatural and eternal).” When I was growing up, the concept of life after death was kind of a given. Most people believed […]
100 years
One hundred years ago today, my mom was born into this world. She didn’t make it to her 100th birthday. She went to heaven after 98 1/2 years here. But she was pretty close! To look back at one hundred years of history and to actually live those years seems almost daunting. And surreal. When […]
Summer Happenings
Happy summer! I love this time of year when the flowers are in full bloom–those that didn’t bloom in Spring–and all the wild animals come out to play. Well…the few that we see, which is more than we enjoyed where we used to live. On our walk tonight, I told my husband how thankful I […]