“To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God’s grace means.” ~ Brennan Manning
Tag Archives: Faith
Resting in God’s Love
At the start of the year, I selected Love as my word for 2017. I know I wasn’t alone in feeling a little battered and bruised by the events of 2016, and as a new year approached, my heart was heavy over the prevalence of fear and hatred in our world. After much prayer and… Continue Reading
Quotable // from Norman Vincent Peale
“Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale Continue Reading
Quotable // from Ravi Zacharias
“Outside of the cross of Jesus Christ, there is no hope in this world. That cross and resurrection at the core of the Gospel is the only hope for humanity. Wherever you go, ask God for wisdom on how to get that Gospel in, even in the toughest situations of life.” ~ Ravi Zacharias I… Continue Reading
Five Books That Changed My Life
I read a LOT of books. And I enjoy most of them. But only a handful of titles have truly changed my life. The transformative power of these books lies partially in the books themselves, but more often than not, the books that effect deep change in me do so because, whether by random circumstance… Continue Reading
The Power of Someone Else’s Story
This past fall, Luke and I joined a community group with five other couples from our church. Prior to joining the group, none of us knew each other and we had little in common, other than attending the same church each Sunday. To help us form quick connections, we began the process of sharing our… Continue Reading
Love in 2017
Happy New Year! I hope that your year is off to a promising start! I’ve missed you these past couple of weeks, but feel refreshed and rejuvenated from my mini break. Our family of three inaugurated the year with a fun and (mostly) relaxing ten days with extended family in California, and I’ve spent this past week doing some spring cleaning and reacclimating to normal, post-holiday life. As much as… Continue Reading
Saying Goodbye
It was a dark and stormy night. It’s a cliché to introduce a story that way, but the night of November 18, 2013, was truly one of the darkest and stormiest nights of my life. I sat in the emergency room bed, clutching Luke’s hand in a viselike grip and staring up at the ticking… Continue Reading
Quotable // from Frederich Buechner
“If you want to be holy, be kind.” ~ Frederick Buechner Continue Reading
Longing For Home
The sun was just dipping below the horizon when we turned into our neighborhood and a white picket fence—OUR white picket fence—came into view. Following the U-Haul trailer that had been my guidepost for the last 1400 miles, I eased my car onto the long driveway, turned off my ignition, and sobbed a deep sigh… Continue Reading