Sep 20, 2022 | Parenting, Prayer
At age fifteen, our son was coping with a huge pile of life changes as he adjusted to our new town. Our new house and neighborhood. A new school. And our new church. Our normally easygoing and agreeable child dug in his heels—hard—when youth group rolled around every...
Sep 13, 2022 | Faith, Podcast
Have you ever noticed that you struggle for control? Maybe you just care a little extra about how your spouse loads the dishwasher. Maybe you struggle a little more to recover when life goes a different way than you were planning. Maybe you have trouble letting your...
Jul 26, 2022 | Faith, Prayer
At the end of a long, humid summer day in Michigan, I felt a cool breeze stir the air as the sun went down. I clipped a leash to my dog’s collar and slid on my shoes for a walk around the neighborhood. Fireflies flashed in the shadows. The streets were empty and...
Feb 10, 2022 | Guest Post
I can’t remember any season of life where pain has touched so many lives around us, can you? In my church, family, and neighborhood, I see divorce. Cancer. Loss of loved ones. Prodigal children. Isolation. Financial hardship. Physical pain. Injustice. Wounding,...