Life with God
I can still see the white pillowcase stuffed with rocks and ragged squares of torn sheets. She would carry it over her shoulder in Santa Clause fashion and plop it on the classroom table. "This is SO heavy!" my mom would exclaim. "What on earth is inside?!" She would take out the first rock and unwrap... Continue Reading →
“Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant.” In her book The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion talks about the "ordinary instant" when her husband died. The ordinary instant. Relative to which, we mark our lives as the Before and After. For me, there was the ordinary instant when the pediatrician told me my 4-year-old son who... Continue Reading →
For years, God's voice in my head mimicked that of my mother Peggy urging me to try harder, perform better, attain more. Don't you see? You're not quite good enough. So when my friend, Sally, gave me a copy of the daily devotional called Jesus Calling, it was a spiritual game changer. It turns out... Continue Reading →
My testimony of faith is not dramatic. It is not material for an essay, a book, or a Guidepost Magazine article (the latter having been annoyingly consistent in its rejection of my submissions - which I don't hold against them. Well, maybe a little.) My story of faith can be summed up by the preposition,... Continue Reading →
Here's what I know. Jesus wept. The shortest verse in the Bible. Perhaps the most profound. He was standing at the tomb of Lazarus overcome with grief. Jesus understands. God watched His own son die on the cross. God knows suffering. In the valley of the shadow of death, He is present. You cannot see... Continue Reading →
Codie has been studying the Sermon on the Mount and wishes to share these takeaways - Chill out. Smile a lot. If you look especially cute, which I do, you get more food. (“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body,... Continue Reading →
In 1969 a suburban Chicago businessman named Kenneth Taylor devoted his daily train commute to paraphrasing the Bible into modern accessible text. It was called the Living Bible and my copy was green. I slept with this book, hugging it as one would a stuffed animal or squishy pillow. At 13, I was too old... Continue Reading →
The host of Moody Radio's morning show asked, "What's the fresh thing God is doing in your life?" A pregnant mom of a 3 year old called in on her way to work. She'd been feeling overwhelmed, weary, at the end of her rope. Then God spoke to her heart. With two words. I AM.... Continue Reading →
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death... Even though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea... Even though a host encamp against me... OK, I am not keen on ANY of these circumstances befalling ANY of us. And I am certainly opposed to being thrown into a... Continue Reading →
