Where do I resist the digital age because it’s bad and where do I resist it because it’s different?
Help for Hurting Parents
Every parent has dreams for their children and expectations for how life is going to go. Rarely does it go that way. I remember God saying to me, “I am writing a story for your children that you wouldn’t write.” I knew that meant that they would experience pain, suffering, and disappointment. As a mom, I would have omitted that part of life for them. God reassured me He would use it for their...
Body Required
Love is not true love apart from the body. This doesn’t align with the Western way we talk about love. For us, we can view our bodies as an optional part of love. As though the sentiment or the idea of love is adequate. Not so with Jesus. True love requires that our bodies be involved, that we get up out of our armchairs and be about the business of actively loving, as a verb. When my kids want...
Mockery
They seemed to sense insecurity like wolves drawn to blood.