There have been seasons in my life when God doesn’t feel like enough. The problem seems bigger, the trial seems longer, the weight of whatever is pressing down seems heavier than a God who promises to lift our burdens. But then, in retrospect, I realized, I had demanded things from God I wasn’t giving; whether it […]

My nearly two-year-old son’s white disney one-piece, dangled in the open courtyard in the middle of the cavana, on a wire, over the grassy courtyard of my inlaw’s encircling house. It was South America, and I had heard they had maid’s. However, this was the first time I ventured to this place, since being only recently […]

Many very dear friends are struggling with deep, heartbreaking, life-changing hurt. You too? Yet, as I weigh those I love, I am thankful, these people aren’t empty or superficial, shallow or fake. They are friends who live from their core and know the highs and lows, winding and sometimes difficult journey they tred. They ask questions, […]

Euthanize children? Just imagine! Toronto is considering the right to do so, at this moment…and even more unbelievably, without any form of a parent’s consent. When I heard this, I was shocked…. Yet, I remember in college, discussing a subject my professor promoted, “The right to euthenize”. The discussion centered around this idea… “If we allow […]

That was the collective question for those gathered in our house last Saturday, “What has been the boldest prayer you have ever prayed.” I scan the room for answers, then stop silent as I mine my own heart for responses. “Boldness.” We had been studying Acts 4. It was the account of Peter and John (Jesus’ […]

What if the salty seas overclipsing us, the roaring noise of the ocean’s torrents… What if the unsure waters pulling at our footing…. Was to make us strong, make us more like you? What if this valley so wide, where silence gongs, the vast, barren open, where food is scarce, water is lost… What if this […]