Fifteen Today The years - they seem to fly right by. We laugh, we hug, we fight, we cry. Life isn't easy.....especially for a girl in her early teen years in a messed-up world. Self-esteem, self-worth, self-image and more words about self than you could find in a...

Ephesians 1:4-6  For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love hepredestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will-   to the praise of his glorious grace,...

  My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. John 10:27 Lots of things are competing for our attention today. Facebook Twitter Television Instagram Phone calls and on and on and on........... I challenge you to make intentional choices to step away...

I can barely believe I'm starting my fifth year on this planet without Nick. Time has a way of marching forward regardless of my unwillingness to see it pass. I remember vividly the feelings I had early in my grief when I didn't want to get to this place..... this...

May your Christmas be filled with love, laughter, and special moments with family and friends. May the joyous memories of this past year fill your conversations, and may any heartache you carry be softened by the Hope brought to earth many years ago in a tiny town...

Men and women have talked about Jesus' return ever since the Bible was written, but I feel as if conversations about His return have intensified in the past ten years.... and honestly, I'm ready. I'm ready for the sky to open and Jesus to come through on His white...

Like a ship lost at sea, tossed around by crashing waves and heading in unknown directions with every storm, life can leave us feeling confused and beaten up over and over again if we don't have something to keep us anchored. We try to find anchors in our careers, but...

"Why????" one woman screamed as she ran down the road near the elementary school. Uttering the only word that seemed to carry any meaning on that day, she screamed what we've all screamed in our minds over and over again since Friday as we've watched the story unfold...

December 14th.... only 10 more days til Christmas Eve. Christmas parties, Christmas plays, Christmas shopping. The hustle and the bustle of the holiday season can easily get in the way of the true meaning of Christmas. But there's nothing like a baby to slow things...

Our family is celebrating this week in an extra-special way.  My brother is a dad for the very first time! Tim and I can't help but feel a little heavenly help from Nick as we think of the exciting unfolding of our nephew's arrival into this world yesterday! Mom kept...