"The valley of the shadow of death holds no darkness for the child of God. There must be light, else there could be no shadow. Jesus is the light. He has overcome death." ~ Dwight L. Moody (American evangelist and publisher) This Is No Time to Panic I remember the moment we backed out of... Continue Reading →
Obviously, I don't have all the answers. In fact, the more I learn, the more I realize how little I actually know. I find it's one of the things that keeps me pressing into the presence of my Heavenly Father, because only He holds the words of life. Early in our journey of loss, grief,... Continue Reading →
I don't know that I've met anyone that doesn't dream of adventure. Even as children we have dreams of being an astronaut, or a pirate, or a knight in shining armor. We imagine ourselves as firefighters, pilots, warriors, princesses, and kings. Some of us pursue and catch our dreams and live the adventure. And yet... Continue Reading →
I wasn't certain how to label this message. So, I went for the simple and "to the point" title. The bottom line is I have felt overwhelmed many times the past two years, and especially the last few months. It's why I haven't written very much recently...I felt overwhelmed and empty. But what does it... Continue Reading →
It's typically the first question that a person must come to terms with in their pursuit of the eternal: Is God good? In wrestling with that issue, other questions usually comes to mind and they usually surround our circumstances, the good, the bad, and the ugly. It's easy to proclaim God's goodness when things are... Continue Reading →
I don't know about you, but in my life, there has always been a finality to the word "failure." For me, I've had to overcome this concept that to fail means that "it's over. I lost." Failure can define a career, a competition, a mistake, an accident, or any number of other disappointments that happen to... Continue Reading →
"Light the fire in my soul, fan the flame, make me whole. Lord, You know just where I've been, so light the fire in my heart again." Light the Fire by Bill Maxwell Sometimes we look at the disappointment, pain and failures of life and feel like all our hopes and dreams have burned to... Continue Reading →
One month ago, our family boarded a flight to Turkey. It's a flight that we've taken more times than I can count over the past twenty years. Turkey has been our home for most of that time. But, two years ago, we transitioned our family back to the United States. Now, as our time here... Continue Reading →
"I don't want to be in the same place two years from now. I want to be better and further down the road, healed and moving toward my purpose." I said that about two years ago after the sudden and tragic loss of our twenty year old daughter. My expectation was that "time heals all... Continue Reading →
What do you do when Sadness seems to surround you and cut you off from the world? Sadness shouldn't be seen as the enemy. Sadness is there to get us through the pain - if only we will allow it.
"Don't talk about that." "Keep that to yourself." "Don't be so dark, it depresses other people. and no one wants to be around you." It seems in an attempt at "keeping up appearances", that when we show a darker side of our lives, it makes everyone uncomfortable. I will go on record and say that... Continue Reading →
Finding Hope and Purpose in the Storm 