WEEKLY DEVOS
Sophie’s Story: Feeling the Heat
Earlier this month I took my littlest love out for a mommy date at the local pottery shop. Hannah loves to paint, anything, any day of the week, so this a perfect outing for her. This time she settled on a playful looking puppy for her painting project. We headed to...
How Gratitude is the Lens No One Can Really Afford to Lose
To tell you the truth, right in the middle of this annual little dare to write down dozens of gifts and graces every day that I was thankful for, my spectacles snapped right in half one morning mid-November, and I became about as blind as a bat. What’s on the screen?...
When God Doesn’t Make Sense
Are you kidding me? Why should I be kind when the world is so cruel? Who will watch out for me if I’m always putting others first? What will I give my own family if I give everything away to others? It doesn’t make sense. She knows how you feel. We don’t even know her...
The Laments of Advent: When it doesn’t feel like the light’s coming fast enough
In these darkest days of the year, the very first days of Advent, and the last of a long year, I think that, wrapping a hand round my morning mug of warm, witnessing the sun pull itself out of the snow-blanketed fields and surely rise: You can’t make light. Sure,...
Memories of Daddy: Life’s Inconveniences
Life can come with a lot of little inconveniences. Especially for a person such as myself who loves routine, order, and expected outcomes. Inconveniences are not welcome here. It’s painful to admit. One of these inconveniences that seems to bother some folks (although...
Anticipating a Savior
Advent Season is a very special time of year that sometimes gets lost in the bright lights of Christmas. The first day of Advent is the first day of a new Liturgical (or church) calendar and begins a four week period of time before the nativity. The definition of the...