When my brother and I payed for Ancestry.com’s DNA test for our father, we never imagined the shock that would come to us. My grandmother came straight from Norway, and yet, she went to the grave boasting that she was 100% Scandinavian. Little did she know….that was a lie. In fact, test results came back that […]
Soapy hands, sudsy heart, bubbling over to hear His voice. Stuck between running water and dirty dishes…In more ways than one. “What if your in the middle of a miracle and don’t even know it?” Those words prick my spirit. I stop, reflect, recount what God has been doing recently, in the days and months previously. “Without […]
“He never talks to me”,”I just don’t hear His voice “,”I get silence every time I try to listen”. These phrases and more, people share when I talk to them about hearing God’s voice. Some say, “Well, God could just speak whenever He wants. Why stop, be still, and invite the voice of God?” The best […]
Just a small piece of me could have imagined what a disability felt like. Bronchitis; fighting to stand, serve, take care of those around us. And when you’ve lost something your used to, have something taken that was a regular part of your person-hood, you grow weaker… But you can also relate and associate with a […]
Honestly, it didn’t make sense. Traveling back to the same place we had already went. Bringing a few people who just might be useful. Leaving our ministry of foster care at home, homeschooling our children…to take a plane, across the globe? But then, He breathes. Slowly, softly. He whispers to the heart, and I know, if […]
I didn’t want anyone to see it. After all, how many teenagers carry around an egg in the hallways, locker, and to each of their classes? And even though most knew… One of the High School Health teachers instructed their students to carry around an egg, as an example of parenthood, in hopes to “enlighten us” […]