A well-lived life begins with a well-worn Bible.
When I was little, I joined a local children’s choir. We learned a great variety of music—and on occasion, we sang patriotic songs together. One of my favorites was “God Bless America” by the great Irving Berlin. Around this same time, my family took a trip to England. But I was little and didn’t fully […]
What do you brag about? We don’t like to think of ourselves as “braggarts,” do we? But we all have details in our lives that we’re particularly proud of—and these are the topics we like to weave oh-so-subtly into our conversations. So what are the details you’re most proud of? Is it a skill you’ve […]
2020 has been the year of videoconferences. And one of the worst parts of those meetings is that we can see ourselves the entire time. Never before could we so easily see what we looked like every time we laughed, made conversation or even just listened. It feels like we’re living in front of a […]
I grew up near a beautiful garden. It was a curated landscape painted with great swaths of colorful flowers. But as a child, I darted right past the pretty flowers to the small grove of trees I loved to climb. One of the trees had a low branch I used to hoist myself up into […]
This spring, I got to watch a robin build a nest, woven snugly between the branches of a dogwood tree. She found herself a home—the perfect spot to lay her eggs and teach her little ones how to fly. So as I read Psalm 84:3-4 this week, I couldn’t help but think of my little […]
Makeover shows are fun. You sit down with a bowl of popcorn and watch as a homely person gets plucked and prodded and squeezed into a pair of skinny jeans. And by the end of the show a transformation has occurred—highlighted by two pictures shown side by side: The before and after. It’s amazing what […]
