When I was a young woman–still in highschool–a beloved lady in my life accused, “You’re getting to be a fanatic.” I hadn’t joined a group of extremists. I didn’t lock myself to a chainlink fence and protest nuclear...
My two younger children lay snuggled next to me in bed–feverish, sniffling, coughing, and talking in their sleep all through the night while the sounds of my teenager’s favorite music drifted upstairs through the vent system. Boom! Boom! Boom! Hack! Hack!...
My husband usually wakes me with a cup of coffee and a kiss, but his blue and gold office tie lay in the chair next to the bed. Yesterday, Dave caught the next flight to California where he’s donned the alter-ego of Commander Kennington. As I usually do when...
Be prepared. You’re up against far more than you can handle on your own. Take all the help you can get, every weapon God has issued, so that when it’s all over but the shouting you’ll still be on your feet. Truth, righteousness, peace, faith, and salvation are more...
I’ve never been one to make New Year’s resolutions. I guess I’ve always thought of it as something that seems mildly unimportant and easily dismissed–especially when a flourless chocolate torte in a pool of raspberry sauce looks tantalizingly...