“My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.” - C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity Independent of religious affiliations or belief systems, there seems …
Finding A Local Church After A Move Is Worth the Heartache
A May afternoon in 2020, my husband and I took a walk when he dropped a bomb, asking if I would move a thousand miles away. I replied with a confident “no”. Yet two months later, our house was sold. Our van was packed. We were moving. I imagined transitioning would be simple. We’d find …
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A Psalm for Those Who Got Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed
God, I know I am being short with my kids. I know this isn’t how You want me to act. I want to read my Bible this morning, but I can’t focus. Help me.That about sums up my morning prayer the other day. I could feel my frustrations rising, and I knew it was for …
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Finding Christian Community Across Hundreds of Little Moments
God told me to start a Bible study. He didn’t speak with an audible voice, but it must have been him because everything in my rational mind refused: I’ve never led a Bible study. I’m not qualified for this. I don’t even have friends in this city! Convinced he picked the wrong girl, I prayed–rather, …
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God is Near in Prayer
“For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the LORD our God is to us, whenever we call on Him?” 1 Moses, the leader of the recently-enslaved nation of Israel, asked the Israelites this rhetorical question, a question that held an immense truth they needed to know as they …
Reading Our Bibles Regularly
“Do you think I care if Aslan dooms me to death?” said the King. “That would be nothing, nothing at all. Would it not be better to be dead than to have this horrible fear that Aslan has come and is not like the Aslan we have believed in and longed for? It is as …
Rooted Memory Verses
I have a favorite coffee mug I use nearly every morning. It’s the perfect size for my favorite beverages, which is, of course, an essential quality for any mug. But I also love it for another reason: it’s a literary mug covered in quotes from Jane Austen’s classics. I get to sip my coffee out …
Exchanging Truth for a Lie
‘For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him… they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.’ - Romans 1:21, 25 For years, I walked the spiritual “fence”. One side was …
The Good Shepherd
The time had come to enroll my firstborn in preschool. We began looking at options, and I immediately felt overwhelmed. How would I know what would be a good fit for her? How would I know if it would be a good fit for my son in a few years? Or for the baby growing …
What are we supposed to do?
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand.” Ephesians 2:10 “Do you know that God made you on purpose?” I asked my son one morning. He had snuggled up next to me on the couch, unconcerned about the work he was interrupting. The morning skies were still …
Soaking in the Son 