Years ago, I was in the home of my niece, delighting in the way she was holding her precious newborn. She was sitting in a large, enclosed windowsill with...

Years ago, this Bible verse was the inspiration for a most unusual painting—I thought of the Magi from the East, and all the Greek, Roman, and Jewish...

Sometimes God does things in our lives that seem utterly counterintuitive. I recall being at a conference and right before I was to speak, I’m backstage in...

The older I get, the more I keep 'shortlists' with friends and family. You see, I can be snarky or offend with careless comments or a lack of thoughtfulness...

I’ve been given all kinds of titles in front of my name, including Pastor and Reverend (neither of which I am) and even Dr. (despite the fact that I’ve never...

Jesus says in Luke 18 that “men ought always to pray.” But sometimes the Spirit asks us to pray at the oddest times and in strange places, like in your...

I have such sweet memories of my daddy coming upstairs in the evening to help us girls get settled for the night. He’d open the big red book of fairy tales...

For the longest time, I insisted that God explain my wheelchair to me. Even now, when one problem piles on top of another, I occasionally find myself...

When Paul picked up his pen to write to the church in Philippi, he provided us with these timeless words, “I have learned in whatever situation I am to be...

Doesn’t it feel great when God’s Word tells you to do something, and you actually do it? Well, Psalm 107 says, “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his...