Traveling Light ~ All the Things We (Should) Leave Behind

“We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a passing shadow, gone so soon without a trace.” 1 Chron 29:15 NLT We forget this sometimes. We tend to accumulate a lot of stuff as we go along. Stuff we’re convinced […]

Getting By With A Little Help From My Friends

Letting It Go ~ Start Anew Christin Ditchfield Quote

It’s been three weeks since I became a (partially) bionic woman… and it hasn’t been nearly as glamorous as seen on TV. So far, I haven’t leapt over any tall buildings or raced long distances at inhuman speeds to rescue puppies or people in distress. I haven’t really been out of bed much. Still. I’m […]

No Capes: Time to Clean Out Your Closet!

Learning from History and The Incredible's Edna as We Prepare for the National Day of Prayer

It only ever happened once, as far as I know. Me, being responsible for completely exasperating a teacher in high school — which is one of the reasons I’ve never forgotten it. After all, I was one of the good kids — in a class actually full of them. Our honors history teacher was a bombastic man […]

What If You Don’t Get the Miracle You Were Expecting?

Last week many of my friends shared this story on Facebook – maybe you saw it – about the country band Lady Antebellum’s tour bus fire. Thankfully no one was hurt, but everything in the back of the bus was destroyed. Everything except singer Hillary Scott’s Bible. The cover was damaged, but as she reported […]