I was at the DMV when I realized times had changed. I could not make out the teeny tiny letters on the bottom line of the eye exam chart. I’d always had perfect vision, so I grumbled quite a bit when my husband drove me to the optometrist office a few weeks later. I wanted…
“Lord, I need grace I don’t have.” I sat on the couch in his office and silently prayed for God to help me to respond kindly. Across from me sat my boss who was a Christian man, and I worked at a Christian school. Over the course of several weeks, he had questioned my capabilities, misrepresented…
Confession: I often don’t walk out the reality of God’s promises and feel like a fraud. God says I am to live on mission because this world is His mission field. Right before Jesus ascended to heaven, He commissioned His disciples to share the Good News. He promised them that they would receive “power” to…
I am a sword slinger. My weapon of choice is sarcasm. I like to swagger into a tense situation and slash through my opponent’s heart with a sharp word. After all, I am a writer. For years, I considered it my responsibility to fight for the tenderhearted underdog in my family. I was called to…
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