Misc.

As we head into Thanksgiving, I can’t help but reflect on the goodness of God in my life.  It’s not because I had a great year full of success and mountaintop experiences.  There were many highs, but there were also many difficult trials and loss.  But it was through the most challenging of circumstances, I

There have been numerous teachable moments in my life. Writing for our devotional, Quest For More, has been no exception. For me, the process of writing involved reading the assigned Scripture, praying about what the Lord was saying to me, and then jotting those thoughts down.   As much as I love to write, I found

We had an inconvenience today…one that required my husband to serve as the family chauffeur. A few weeks ago, while reversing my car into the garage, it scraped against an old bicycle we had laying against the wall. Unbeknownst to me, a part of the car paneling was being pulled apart as I scraped against

Oh, the woes of autocorrect! My cousin and I were finalizing plans to meet up. My phone ding’d. I had just texted him so I was expecting his response…but I surely wasn’t expecting THIS response. What in the world? I read it again. And then again. The sentence made sense…I guess. But was that four

Our book is here!  Quest for More: A One Year Devotional Through the Bible (hardcover/paperback) is now available on Amazon and other retail sites.  E-book version scheduled to be released next month.   Check out the book launch we did on Facebook live: https://youtu.be/2vLXTLsj0lk. This devotional book follows the one-year chronological reading plan which takes the

It was dark, cold, and wet, but the soccer game was still on.  I had hoped they would cancel it, but regardless, I was out there with my coat and gloves to support my daughter under the glare of the massive field lights. She was fierce on the field, running fast and blocking passes. The

My younger son does a lot of things well, but if there’s one thing he does extremely well, it’s his ability to ask… and keep on asking. Since he was young, persistence has been his strength. And he knows just who to ask. His daddy. “Daddy, can we go get donuts?” “Daddy, can you play

There have been a few weeks of matters weighing quite heavily on my mind and my heart. In the midst of looking to the Lord for help and for answers, I will be honest with you to share that I struggled with feeling so discouraged that I just felt … forsaken. Then, I received a

Recently I was a guest at an extended family function.  It was a relatively small gathering and it was really nice seeing some family members that I had not seen in a while. But what struck me more so that day were the people that were NOT there, but that SHOULD have been there because

I met a man several weeks ago.  His name is… well… let’s call him Kris Kringle, you know, to protect the innocent. When he told me his name, I was immediately taken aback. I thought it was a joke- thank goodness I didn’t start laughing.  He looked every bit his name. He had a round