3 Ways I Pray For My Husband
Last month John and I celebrated our fifteenth wedding anniversary. We both readily agree that our anniversary is far more a celebration of God’s faithfulness than our accomplishment. Fifteen years ago, the two of us had enough baggage to fill a fleet of semi-trucks. (These days we like to think we’ve downsized to a couple […]
Lessons From Gethsemane
It’s not likely that any of us will face crucifixion on a cross, but there will be times we suffer. We will experience our own little Gethsemane’s. Our times of distress won’t come close to the degree of suffering Christ experienced, but they will be devastating to us. It might come in the form of […]
Paul’s Prescription For Worry
Holocaust survivor, Corrie ten Boom said, “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.” Thankfully, most of us won’t experience the horrors ten Boom faced in the Holocaust, but we will all encounter problems that tempt us to worry. As I write this, I’m in such a season. I’ve […]
Run Your Race and Ignore the Sidelines
In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was a 20-year old college student at Syracuse University when she became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon. Although women weren’t allowed to complete, she registered using her initials and participated. During the race, marathon official Jock Semple realized Switzer was a woman and attempted to physically remove her […]