I love the scene in the old Indiana Jones movie where he is required to step out in faith onto an invisible bridge over a deep chasm. He discovers rather quickly that a little dirt on the path will show the way and confirm his suspicions of an unseen bridge. It’s…
Read moreTo Do: Wash clothes, clean dishes, mop kitchen, take daughter to the doctors for her unexplained sickness… Grade homework, write advertisements for ministry, call so-and-so… Teach AWANA, exercise, pray for the little baby at church who is having heart surgery… Lord, I am so overwhelmed by it all. I am…
Read moreThis past summer was the first time my daughters were old enough to appreciate the Olympics. They watched the swimming, the diving, the hurdles, and the sprints, but there was one sport in particular that caught their attention. Gymnastics. Doesn’t every little girl wish she could make her body move…
Read moreDuring the Christmas season, we use more lights (or representations of light) as decorations than any other time of year. Candles, fireplaces, stars, little lanterns, and strings of lights adorn our trees and home in festive colors to celebrate the coming of The Morning Star. Jesus called Himself the Light…
Read moreShe was eighteen. Ever since we became friends at the age of 13, I thought we were pretty much alike. We both loved to read and fantasized about writing our own stories some day. We sat around discussing all the issues of adolescence – boys, the “in” crowd and what…
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