I was at Bible college, surrounded by people and conversation and community, but I had never felt so alone. What was wrong with me? After growing up on a Bible school campus, I had always dreamed of the day when I would be one of the students and here I was! But something was missing….
Yesterday afternoon my husband drove the skidsteer to get a round bale for the cattle. They’re all out to pasture now, but we’re still supplementing their grazing with balage. When he got near the gate, he jumped down and talked to our daughter. “I need you to open and shut the gate for me,” he told…
It was the Sunday evening services at church that drew me close to God. The dark Alaskan winter nights and the warm glow of life and laughter and closeness that filled the sanctuary. I remember everyone singing, “We’re the People of God” and “The Love of God” and I would close my eyes, trying to…
My first year on the mission field was eye-opening. Instead of living in a foreign country, God called me to my hometown. Instead of spending the first few months learning a language, I spent my time learning the rhythms of grace. This morning, as I read Revelation 1, I was reminded of that time in the…
I was at college, talking to my professor about my end-of-the-semester project; an in-depth study of one chapter of the Bible. I was so excited about it. The chapter I chose was Isaiah 58, where God talks about true fasting. “My roommates and I are doing a fast right now,” I said, in my flurried…
I didn’t feel very loving that day, as I stood in the driveway, listening to the insults and swear words reigning down on me. They were pouring from the half-drunk mouth of someone I had given to, at deep costs to myself and my family, just because God says to love. But at that moment,…
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