Maybe the most compelling story isn’t the one we identify with, but the one that breaks our hearts. It’s the story we pray never comes true. The book, Born to Deliver, is the personal story of Kathy Brace and the slow, painful, permanent way that Jesus drew her to Himself. At the tender age of fifteen, Brace…
I never make New Year’s resolutions. It seems counterproductive to wait for a flip of the calendar to begin making changes in my life that I have known about all along. It’s like a man declaring that he’ll start his workout program on the magic Monday—the one that never arrives. Or the student who plans…
It’s so relieving to read a book by authors who don’t pretend to be smarter than you are. It’s not so relieving to read a book that scratches the scabs off of ordinary relationship issues. Wounds you’d rather let heal on their own. Beyond Ordinary by Justin and Trisha Davis is not a title that jumps…
Growing up, one of my family’s Christmas traditions was watching the George C. Scott version of A Christmas Carol. Crotchety old Ebenezer endured the presence of three frightening specters sent to teach him the true meaning of Christmas. The Ghost of Christmas Past always intrigued me the most. Flipping back through pages of time, being…
This year has been a year of paring down for me. In the spring I challenged myself with a project called 333. I hid or gave away all but 33 items of clothing for 30 days. I can’t explain the freedom I felt with fewer choices for daily attire. And packing? I could fit my…
