This year has been extremely difficult. Grieving the loss of my brother, recovering from hip surgery, and my husband’s unemployment...
Pleasant Places
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To the Woman who Struggles on Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day can be complicated. In my own life, this day carries a variety of conflicted emotions. For five years...
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Christ Is Coming
More than anything else in this life, suffering reminds us that this world is not the way it should be....
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Support in the Flood
Trials can often surge like stormwater. At times suffering will assail us like the waters of a rising flood. Our...
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Days of Darkness
We often speak of times of hardship in terms of darkness. Trials seem to snuff out the light of life...
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Where Hope is Built
Suffering has a way of washing out the road. One moment your feet are set on a path that feels...
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The Solid Rock
I was silent on here for the month of February. On the night of January 30, I received a phone...
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Book Review: Liturgy of the Ordinary
Deep down in our hearts, many of us have a desire to do something or be something great. At times...
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I Am Not Enough
It had been a rough day. I had spent every waking moment of the day with my daughter. We had...
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Afflicted in Faithfulness
Affliction. It isn’t our favorite thing to talk about. I don’t think any of us greet affliction as a friend...