Half of the people who know Dwight & I can’t imagine us partying, drunk or high. The other half can’t imagine us as Christians, reading the Bible or praying. There are lots of stories like ours — of lives and marriages transformed by God’s grace and they should all be told. I’m not proud of […]
Our Feelings May Fail Us, But Jesus Will Not
Two years ago, I sat in a therapist’s office in the greatest distress I could imagine. Where are You, Lord? If You love me, why would You allow me to suffer like this? I had always been distrustful of the mental health-care system, yet there I was, desperate for whatever help I could get. Our insurance […]
A Fresh Start
The word “fresh” brings so many good things to mind … I’m a morning person, so a fresh new day is at the top of my “favorite things” list. It’s quiet and filled with opportunity. It hasn’t been fouled up with trouble and failures just yet. Ahhh, fresh new mercies, that’s what I’m talkin’ bout. My feel-good, hope-filled […]
Where is Your Resting Place?
We wake up every day with the demands of this world rushing us here and there. There’s the media voices clamoring for our attention with the sensational. There’s someone’s unwelcome drama continually knocking on the door. There’s wrestling matches with decisions, decisions and more decisions. And then, there’s the failure to manage it all with grace. […]
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