You and I have no chance. Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and uphold it with justice and righteousness from this time …
I hear it most often at Christmas, but this is no holiday carol. It is a lullaby for the blackest night — a lyric of hope for people walking in darkness, for people who cannot even imagine the dawn (Isaiah 8:20, …
Pain is a soul fog. We stand in the center and see nothing beyond the swallowing haze. The roads we knew were there — that our mind knows are still there – are invisible to the heart. At the end of …
In the beginning, God set limits on the light and the dark. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. Genesis …
I sat in a wheelchair in my parents’ house, weak and recovering from the sudden respiratory failure that had nearly taken my life and the life of my firstborn son. I had imagined myself as the best of parents — …
Three years ago this fall, I quietly faced one of the bleakest seasons of my life. People and roles and thoughts I used to cover myself peeled away like discarded labels, leaving me unclothed and uncategorized. I had no home. …