Many of you know that I’ve been dealing with unresolved health issues since that day in January 2015 when I found myself in the school office with numb arms and legs, and an unbelievably high heart rate that left me close to passing out.  These mysterious symptoms and their little friends have continued to peek … Continue reading Journey to a Diagnosis

It came out of nowhere really and now that it’s coming to a close, I can confidently say that I wouldn’t have had it any other way.  This season of sabbatical.    A time when I took my hands off of something that was so much a part of my life for some thirteen years now.  … Continue reading This Season of Sabbatical

Deuteronomy 2:7 says, “For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this immense wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you this past 40 years, and you have lacked nothing.” As I look at these words spoken to the Israelites, … Continue reading Providential Presence

The Women in White. The comments have inundated my social media feed since the State of the Union Address in January. About the women in white. Refusing to stand, to clap, to show any type of response (other than what appeared to be annoyance) at the President’s statement regarding his promise to the protection of … Continue reading Dressed for Life

Thursday is Valentine’s Day and Andy and I will celebrate with a date at the gym (high school gym, that is) and probably a crock pot meal at home with the kids after the game. We go all out, as you can tell. Yesterday we did spend some time together, just the two of us, … Continue reading Beautiful Crazy

I love the Old Testament book of Psalms. This collection of 150 poems and hymns to God is categorized as wisdom literature and for good reason. There are laments, psalms of praise, of thanksgiving, and there are historical psalms as well. Expressions to God and teachings about God, I find myself turning to the very … Continue reading Psalms of Gratitude: Ps 34: 1-2

Last week as we were looking at the x rays of my 13 year-old’s fractured arm, I recalled—once again—each of the bones that our five children have collectively broken over the years. At the risk of you thinking that I should have, at minimum, made my kids drink more milk or, perhaps worse, that we … Continue reading Broken Bones and Other Things

What I really wanted to say was, “Are you kidding me?” But I didn’t. At least not out loud. Andy had spent the better part of the previous eight months getting thorough exams by multiple doctors in pursuit of being a kidney donor for a good friend. He was checking out perfect! (Well, let’s not … Continue reading Songs. Valleys. And Promises.

My kids almost missed it. I almost missed it! It was the youth trip to the St. Louis Project this summer and it was incredible. Thank God that what began as a somewhat-sore subject to talk about with our kids turned out to be one of the mightiest ways that we have seen Him move … Continue reading A Mission Trip Almost Missed

As I prayed and prepared for our first trip with Sing for the King into the prison, I kept coming back to the concept of hope. Hope for these men. Hope for their marriages. Hope for their relationships. Hope for their families. And I kept asking myself, “How in the world did our marriage, of … Continue reading Marriage Ministry Behind Bars