When the Children Go Hide
Jeff and I are sitting on the top row of the first set of seats, sunken right below the main lobby and walkway at the newly renovated Legacy Arena in…
Read moreCamera On or Off? How to Bear Witness
No Video Please I snuggle into the recliner in my living room on this Sunday afternoon. I open my laptop. The Zoom event will begin in 5 minutes. I click…
Read moreHow to Win Your Fight with Time . . . in your four thousand weeks
When Everything Slows You Down The elevator still isn’t here. We’re stuck on the 8th floor lobby. We need to get down to the 1st. My 3-month-old grandson has been…
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Can You Tell a Good Story?
—Grace & Truth Linkup
It’s Friday night and I’m sitting on the floor in our bathroom, towel at the ready. I’ve run the warm bathwater for my 3-year-old granddaughter. We’ve been playing hard all…
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When Tragedy Feels Personal – 8 Children from Girls Home Die in Alabama Accident
+ Frame the Moment to Last
I didn’t hear the news until Sunday morning. My daughter Jenna sent me a text about the wreck. On Saturday, June 19, 2021, around 2:30 p.m., a vanload of young…
Read moreHas Your Life Returned to Normal Yet? Is This Now Normal?
We all wonder: when will life return to normal again? I turn off the ignition. I stay in my car. No other cars are here yet. But it’s only 4:20…
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