Can we have a heart to heart? I have two questions that I really want to ask you, and I want you to consider them both very carefully. They’re bold questions, the kind that you never really feel comfortable asking, but because...
Read MoreWhen my son, Gideon, was in first grade, he started taking piano lessons. So naturally, when he had to write his first “how to” paper in school, this is what he wrote: As his mom, I think this is the cutest thing...
Read MoreMy oldest son, Gideon, is seven and in the first grade. For the first time ever, neighborhood boys have started knocking on our front door asking if Gideon could come out and play. Because I have been praying for years that...
Read MoreWith four kids, I rarely get to spend time with just one child at a time, and now that my oldest,...
Read MoreEvery now and then, I hear about something so fun and cool that I just can’t keep it to myself. This is one of those times! A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of interviewing a friend of mine, independent film...
Read MoreOne winter day when I was about nine years old, I spent the morning reading in my bedroom while my brother, who was about four years old at the time, and our cousins played with their toys in the living room. I was just getting...
Read MoreI’ll admit, I don’t “get” football. Oh, I understand the game well enough. Two teams of very large and very fast men shroud themselves in padded clothing, slap each other on the backside, then set out to be the best at getting...
Read MoreIt was almost midnight on a Friday night several years ago, and I was returning home from a church social with a friend. We were stopped at a stoplight just a block away from home and didn’t even notice the black BMW in front of...
Read MoreBefore I wrote my book, Guilt-Free Quiet Times, I conducted an anonymous, online survey. You can find a summary of the survey at the end of the book, but there’s more to the survey that you won’t find… until...
Read MoreExcuse me for a moment while I write about social things instead of spiritual things. In particular, let’s talk about Facebook. In December, Facebook made a really big change that you may not have noticed. If you’re...
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