Families Are Beautiful

Families Are Beautiful

No matter what I do, I cannot change the fact that I was born to my parents. I inherited my moon eyes and zipper-like lips from my father, and my strange eyebrows (with one end growing upward) from my mother. I cannot change the fact that I have tendencies I picked up...
Why am I alive?

Why am I alive?

It’s important that we allow ourselves to explore this question. After all, if we have approximately 70 years of life here on earth (depending, really, on when God plans to take us home), then we should know our purpose. I remember struggling to make sense of why life...
The Royal Identity

The Royal Identity

“In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”—Luke 15:10 I remember reading my Bible one morning and asking God why the angels rejoiced in Heaven when one sinner repented. What was the reason...
Who Am I, God?

Who Am I, God?

“Stupid!” “You’ll never amount to anything!” “Can’t you do something good for once?” How often have we allowed hurtful words to shape our identity? When people say horrible stuff to us or about us, then it’s easy to believe that what they say must be true! But really,...
Hello, 2018!

Hello, 2018!

It feels wonderful writing again, especially since this year, 2018, is a year of New Beginnings. Our stories have a new area of visibility, which is online. We have always kept a website and Facebook page “on the side,” but these cyber avenues will now be our main...

1-22-15

And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. Ezekiel 36:26