One of the hardest things I have ever done was tell my three boys their daddy had gone to be with Jesus in Heaven. The task seemed insurmountable. I was already numb from the news myself; how could I ever speak it to them? It seemed a wall loomed ahead, threatening...
In the middle of Job’s heartache and despair, he speaks something profound. What is man, that you make so much of him, and that you set your heart on him. Job 7:17 (ESV) Let that sink in. God loves us. So much that in His mercy, we don’t get what we deserve —...
Last weekend we celebrated a late Christmas with the Cameron family. It was the first time we could all get together. I had every intention of taking down the Christmas decorations before then, but the closer it got to our getting together, I just decided to leave it...
I have good news! As I was reading Jude, a few words from verse 24 struck me and I can’t get them out of my head. Many of you know that my book Grief Unwrapped: Discovering Joy in a Season of Sorrow talks about having joy even in our sorrow or difficult circumstances....
J. R. R. Tolkien once said, “courage is found in unlikely places.” That’s what we find in the story of Esther. Hers was not a “commander of an army” type courage. Nor one accompanied by physical strength and stamina. Her courage was a quiet, “I’ll risk my life for my...
He looked at them with compassion and touched their eyes. (Matthew 20:34) I have read the story of Jesus healing the blind beggar several times over the last few months. Today, though, it encouraged me in a different way. As I think about the approach of a new year, I...