The Comparison Thief

   Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else. — Galatians 6:4 Last week, as my daughter prepared for her Earth Day chapel presentation on creation, we talked about various aspects of creativity, including what stifles it. When…

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Suffering

Some moments in our lives, no matter how far in the past, stand out as though they happened only yesterday. The memory brings the same emotions – the pounding heart and palpable fear. On a lovely summer day, when my son was just a little boy, he was viciously attacked…

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Come as You Are

“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in…

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