Photo Credit I am a Florida girl. I live in the land of perpetual summer where flip flops are the uniform year round. In June, however, we do experience a bizarre weather phenomenon that I like to call the 3 PM shower. Almost every day at 2:30 or so, I will look out the…
Photo Credit My childhood home sat on a man-made lake bordered by large trees on one side. My friends and I loved to sneak around the corner, climb up high in the heavy branches, and peer through the cascading leaves down to the deep blue water. That tree-lined corner of our world provided shade…
Photo Credit I fought back tears as I hung up the phone. I’d apologized, even though I hadn’t said anything wrong. I tried to act redemptively, but her vinegary response had deflated my spirit. Rather than wallow in negative thinking for the rest of the day, I decided to press play on worship…
Photo Credit “The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit” (Psalm 34:18, ESV). Is your heart crushed? Something to think about…
Photo Credit “It says right here that you need to wear leather gloves and goggles,” I say to my husband. He’s decided to take down the mirrored wall in our living room that is 1970’s chic. The problem is that we don’t really know how to tackle it. It’s glued on there like cement. So,…
Photo Credit “Change the channel,” my husband commanded. I’d turned on the news to listen to the weather report, but instead violent images splashed across the screen as the reporter outlined a dark night of terror. My face was furrowed with anxiety as I sat paralyzed by the news. We live in a fallen world…