Today is the first day of our free online summer Bible study — Virtual VBS for GrownUp Girls® 2017! Over the next six weeks we’ll be studying the book of 2 Peter together in a special Facebook group. Click here to join the group and access videos, teaching, discussion questions, crafts, music, and more… Those […]
I was skeptical at first. It didn’t sound like a legitimate medical diagnosis — more like the kind of thing moms say, when you’re whining and they want you to leave them alone and go back outside and play. Sometimes I felt a sharp, shooting pain – out of nowhere. Other times a dull, throbbing […]
Today I’m honored to invite guest Lynn Morrissey to share with us her thoughts on what it means to live in the light of Easter — even when everywhere we look, we seem to see only the the darkness of our hurts and frustrations, our disappointments, pain and suffering. Another dear friend has died. I’ve […]
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick…” In my twenties, I used to quote this verse to God a lot. I guess I was not-so-subtly hinting: “This is YOUR fault. This desperate ache… this gut-wrenching pain. It’s no wonder I feel this way. Your Word even says so — so I have a good excuse for […]
One of the things that makes suffering so hard is that — often — it seems so utterly pointless. It doesn’t feel noble or heroic at the time. Especially when it’s you. Especially when you wonder if it’s your fault — if you feel you somehow brought it on yourself. Or that you deserve it. […]
