Explosions sounded, fireworks blasted, hearts were gladened, no one expecting what the coming year might bring. As usual, pens jotted lists of resolutions, hearts imagined restored finances or relations, and minds conjured a year that would be better than the one we left. Yet, as the clock ticked, as the ball dropped, as the world turned […]
We danced. Every couple, after the young ones said their vows. One by one couples left the dance floor & only those who’d been married the longest remained. 52 years! They had a legacy, done what can seem impossible in an age of fractured relationships & broken people. Then, they played the song I’d heard my […]
It all started, here. This miraculous story. My third trip to Chi*a. A country my husband said he would never be entering. A vision. A light. A calling to enter. Every day, we each have choices. Go where He leads us or let fears and hesitations, doubts and intellectualism drown out the calling He’s placed within […]
I ask Him what love is this morning. And I hear His whisper… Love is letting His Spirit work freely, looking into people and seeing them completely. Love is giving Him the reigns in each situation and speaking His words of grace, truth, and mercy. Love forgives freely, declares purposes boldly, showers His Spirit over each […]
We all want formula’s for marriage. A simple twelve-step plan to make marriage easy, compatible, joyous, and missonal. But let’s face it, marriage is hard. I remember it well, nearly two decades ago. I sat across from my husband, two small children asleep upstairs. “I can’t do this”, I cried. But today, I still can’t remember […]