My daughter, Corynn, is convinced that she’s never leaving home. At seven, she made up her mind that Mom and Dad take such great care of her that she’ll just stay. But she knows I’ll have none of that. One of the hardest questions Corynn has ever asked me is, Dad, who do you love more,…
Heather Bissett … I don’t think I will ever tire of hearing it. But I have inquired more than a new name in the past month. I am now a wife to the most incredible man I’ve ever met. I also have a second set of parents: three new brothers-in-law, a new sister-in-law, and eight new…
Recently our church walked through a series called The Blessing. In the final weeks of this series, our pastors asked, “How are you a blessing to those around you?” For the first two years of our marriage, we lived in a small house in upstate New York. Our little rental home was perfect for the…
I married my husband, Jason, because he was a youth pastor and I had a burning passion for ministry–and because Jason was so handsome and I had a burning passion for him. I wanted to do BIG things for God’s Kingdom and I had visions of the two of us conquering the world in Jesus…
I thought my heart was going to beat out of my chest when, at my engagement party, I overheard my soon to be mother-in-law giving my uncle/wedding officiant/pre-marital counselor the third degree. How I managed to calmly articulate our confidence in my uncle’s ability to counsel and marry us is beyond me. The next morning,…
