How to Rest

The line between self-care and selfish is not that thin. In fact, it’s not a line at all but a gorge with no bottom in sight. A few years ago, my family took a day trip to Tallulah Gorge in North Georgia. We hiked through the forest to the beautiful waterfalls until we came to…

Where is your Hope?

 Recently, an advertisement for an upcoming television documentary caught my attention. The host, who by the way is a very successful television journalist, announced that “the vaccine is our hope.” What ?!? Now, I’m not saying that the vaccine is not wonderful and going to be very helpful in ending this pandemic, and I’m very…

Give Thanks! God is our Hiding Place!
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Give Thanks! God is our Hiding Place!

Without depriving my children of sustenance, I often find practical ways for them to experience how blessed their lives are. Truth is, I need this as much as them, especially when my circumstances are less than desirable. So when the Covid-19 Quarantines started, perhaps going to my parents’ beach house for a week didn’t send…

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Run!

       Do you ever wonder what God is up to? Why am I in this circumstance? Can this struggle really work for good? I read recently that no one ever complains that God is working too quickly in their lives. Honestly, I spend a lot of time in prayer, asking God to move…

Wisdom Comes from God

“Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent and discerning if he holds his tongue.” Prov. 17:28. One of my children gets in trouble for blurting out the answers in school. This has been a problem since pre-kindergarten. We tell him he must count to ten before he offers an answer, so other…

Organized Chaos

Can you view a crisis as an opportunity? Can chaos actually be part of order? Billy Graham said, “when we come to the end of ourselves, we come to the beginning of God.” It seems like I live in this space a little too often. How about you? From the outside, people think I have…