Paul sums up a central calling and challenge of our life in Christ in a tiny phrase you might miss: At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare …
In 2005, I opened a blank journal and scratched out a sentence on the first empty page. Thank you for our lives and the lives of our sons. It was all the gratitude I could muster. After two years of …
The nine verses of Paul’s instructions to Christian households wrap up with this one: Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven (Colossians 4:1). It’s tempting to scoot by this verse, all …
There hardly seems to be a verse we need more of — or see less of — these days: For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality (Colossians 3:25). We’re …
I have spent my time in jobs that bored me, heading nowhere. I have stood at the foot of a laundry mountain — wiped a thousand noses and tears, wondering if it all made any difference. I have agonized over …
I have a hard time functioning if things aren’t “just so.” Trouble is — as a pastor’s wife, church staffer, mom and homeschooler – I haven’t seen “just so” since 1995. Even after all these years, I still find it difficult …
