You've been there, haven't you? Have you ever reached that place where the stuff of life has piled up so high you are unable to see the next thing coming? Your to-do list is longer than the number of hours in your day.   Expectations are unreachable. Life's demands...

  I get tired of hearing empty words in the face of tragedy. Honestly, I often find myself with no words to offer someone who is hurting.   I love that Job's friends, seeing his overwhelming sadness, simply sat with him for seven days without talking. I love that...

In a world where so many are caught up in having more, needing more, searching for more, and longing for more, it's comforting to know that there is a way to reach a feeling of completeness. This feeling doesn't come from anything we can buy at the mall or read in a...

What is your passion? What kind of conversation can get you most excited? When you have free time, what do you like to do or think about?   What if God longed for you to live within that passion? What if His plan for you involved that very thing that energizes you?  ...

A year ago when I made my appointment for my annual exam, I had no idea that on that day particular day a year later a new nurse practitioner would be joining my doctor for the very first time. I also didn't know that she would almost not start rounds on that specific...

This book by Matthew Cork and Kenneth Kemp will open your eyes to just how serious slavery, sex-trafficking, discrimination, and poverty are in India. When Matthew Cork visited India and discovered the Dalits, an extremely oppressed group of people, his world was...

If your mind is like mine, it often gets "filled up" with things to do, places to go, and people to call.   I met a lady at a conference several years ago who told me that when her mind begins to be overloaded with thoughts, she takes a notebook and writes down every...

Pushing the snooze button is part of my normal morning routine. I set my alarm thirty minutes early just so I can push this button three times before getting out of bed. I love knowing I can lay my head back down for ten minutes...... three times.   But the problem...

It's just another Tuesday in August.   The last Tuesday in August of 2013.   We'll soon be clicking away at September, then October, and on and on.   If we're not careful, we can slip into a routine that has us so forward-thinking that we miss the very moments around...

There's something about knowing today isn't in my own hands. My hands are often weak, unqualified, unequipped, and unsteady. My hands often try to hold too many things at once, causing the most cherished things to slip through my fingers. I could become discouraged...