The Seal on the Tomb: Reflections on the Sri Lanka Killings in Light of Resurrection Sunday
I lay in bed last night for hours, trying to shut out a nightmare. The nightmare had happened the night before. Most days, I can
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When the Darkness Does Not Lift
Every single day, I go for a walk by the water. I am blessed to live in a place that is beautiful, five minutes away
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Broken On Christmas
I wasn’t planning to write anything for Christmas. The words, usually vibrating forth from the tips of my fingers, seemed to have dried up and
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One Year of Grief
It’s November. Which means it has almost been a year to the very day since my brother’s accident. It’s been 350 days. Two weeks short
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Does God Strike Low Blows?
Veneetha Rendall Risner had undergone twenty-one separate surgeries by the time she was 13 years old. She had contracted polio as an infant and spent
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4 Gospel Promises for Self-Hating Christians
I remember being eleven years old, just entering the world of braces and acne scars, staring into our bathroom mirror and feeling consciously insecure for
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To the Fellow Believer Struggling With Prayer
A few times this past year, I received letters from close friends, at a time when I was struggling with very similar emotions to the
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When Your Job is Taking Care of Kids
“Sydney! I woke up this morning!” I turned around from the stove, where I was scurrying between heating up milk for the one-year-old, emptying the
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The God Who Turns Graves Into Resurrection Beds
I have five siblings in Heaven and four of them – Honor, Miracle, Trust, and Promise – were taken to God before birth. I wept
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When God Takes Away What He Gives
Isaiah wanted a little brother since the time he could look around, and realize he was the only kid in the troop of his kind.
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