Last Quarter Review: Three Top Posts of 2021

Last Quarter Review: Three Top Posts of 2021

Grandpa smelled of comfort; the rich, warm scents of coffee and Aqua Velva. Quiet and witty, his brown eyes glinted when I’d beg him to play. Just one more time, pleeease. We’d construct palaces of red, yellow, and blue rectangles or clutch our stomachs as...
When God Redeems Our Hurts

When God Redeems Our Hurts

Oh, Hannah, why are you crying? Why aren’t you eating? And why are you so upset? Am I not of more worth to you than ten sons? (1 Samuel 1-MSG)   He didn’t understand. A loving husband, he reassured her of his devotion and cast aside the expectations of the day. But...
When God Redeems Our Hurts

Spiritual Clutter

Squat, aluminum spaces enclosed by unwelcoming barbed wire or steel gates are located randomly around the city. Marked by such signs as Storage-R-Us and The Space Place, people like you and I gather “stuff”—undesirable items and maybe-we’ll-use-them-someday-things—and...
When God Redeems Our Hurts

Chasing Donkeys or God is in the Details

Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. (1 Samuel 3:9) It’s an ordinary day–not unlike any other. You sip half a cup of Dunkin’ Donuts hazelnut coffee and start your morning routine. Pack lunches…sign student planners…feed the...