It was 2014. I had run a Bible Study in my neighborhood for a couple years, so you’d think I would be a pro at this. But, in the weeks before each new Bible Study session started, I struggled to invite people to the first week. With the nervous sweat of a...
Orlando. The word once synonymous with magical memories and family adventures now strikes our hearts with grief, fear, and anger.. I (Sara) was part of 9/11. Not in the Pentagon, but working and living very close by. My building shook, I saw the flames, felt the...
My son, Caleb, is 8 years old. He’s a very astute kid. At bedtime, as kids often do, he began to open up to me about his concerns. Why are we moving and going to a new school? What if he can’t make friends there? What would happen when Obama, the only...
“I feel like a total failure”, said my friend Kim. Her slumped shoulders and downcast eyes only confirmed that her words were something she believed from her heart. Kim attended our neighborhood Bible Study. We were studying John…a great book for...
I think, sometimes, I use God like a flashlight. The flashlights in my house are always there…somewhere…bringing a measure of comfort when I happen to think about them. In fact, I don’t normally think about my flashlights on a daily basis. No,...
