Parenting After a Trauma: Three Helpful Tools
The end of the story promises that we will be sheltered by the presence of God. No longer will we need to try and be the shelter for our children, grandchildren, loved ones or friends. God himself will protect us.…
How to have Faith in the Middle of the Story
And so… perhaps there is value in writing about faith in the middle. Not the naïve faith of believing it’ll all work out the way we want. Nor the defeated faith of assuming God is going to do whatever he…
Ending the Year In the Arms of my Shepherd
This year as I read through the Christmas story I find myself most resonating with the Shepherds. Like them, I am wrangling disobedient, stubborn, anxious, and sassy sheep (well… can sheep be sassy?). Like them I’m up at weird hours,…
If It’s Not Okay, Then This is Not the End
Grandpa had dementia for awhile. Slowly his brain began to let him down. He could have an in-depth conversation about his stock portfolio, but couldn’t tell you how to make a sandwich. He could retell in detail the birth stories…
