Laced With Grace – Christian Devotions

Ten years ago, my husband inherited a Ford Ranger from his father who had passed away. It was a long ride across the isolated upper peninsula of Michigan in the wintery November cold, but the vehicle stayed warm and safe through the snow and wind. After we brought the truck…

I was visiting with a friend recently and she commented on the need to put “whatever is true” into our minds instead of all the make-believe stories we are so fond of. This summer I read at least 20 books as I enjoyed my time away from my demanding teaching…

Come home from work, click, try to escape the worries of the day in some make believe world, click. Scantily clad ladies parading down the streets in New York trying to get the attention of every man they see, friends meeting in a bar to end their day with a…

When you are in the darkness of depression, where everything looks grey and unpromising, hopeless and pointless, even a pile of laundry can look impossible. When you are so busy that you barely have time to scarf down lunch in between finishing one project and starting another, rushing the kids…

At a recent teachers conference, I spent my days at an old Christian retreat center. Someone told me that this “used to be” a Christian center, just like I’ve seen old church building that “used to be” places of worship, but the many dwindled to the few and now the…