I’m Better When I Write

I like my day job. I love my church, my family, and my friends. I have an exceptionally wonderful life. But, I’m better when I write. For the last few years, I’ve focused twenty-minutes most days on some writing project or other. That has produced a couple...

The Part We Play

Warning: This post is going to sound like I”m bragging about my husband. Disclaimer: I am. But you should listen anyway. Tonight, just after we finished our supper, the phone started ringing. Wendell had seen thirty-six patients in the office today, and…he...

A Lesson from Uzziah

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple.Isaiah 6:1 So begins a famous passage from the prophet Isaiah, wherein he describes an amazing, supernatural encounter with the Holy...

A Memory of the Heart

My mother-in-law isĀ  91, and she continues to inspire me with her outlook on life. For her 90th birthday, we gave her a laptop so she could keep in touch with all the kids, grandkids, and great-grands scattered across the earth. And, she does. She became terribly ill...