"Summer is the time when the soul can sit still and soak up the sunlight of God's goodness." – Unknown There’s something sacred about summer. The way the sunlight stretches across the sky just a little longer, as if heaven itself is holding...
Gloomy clouds dawned in the morning sky yet again. The Coronavirus closures coincided with weeks of rain and gray skies that are atypical for sunny Southern California, where we pay the weather tax. The dreariness outside and relentless bad news...
My oldest child arrived nine days late. Labor lasted over twenty-four hours until my doctor performed an emergency Caesarean, transporting my baby boy from my womb into my arms. This dark womb was a comfortable, familiar home; leaving was not what...
Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love. ~Mother Teresa My light lost its shine during a trying time around nine years ago. I was in the abyss of homeschooling three wild...
"A single candle can both defy and define the darkness." Ann Frank Imagine crowds of people standing in an eerily moonless night, surrounded by every form of Evil. The sound of striking matches quickens as the smell of sulfur wafts through the...
Picture the hostile faces of the Pharisees, their blood boiling as Jesus spoke about Himself: 12Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will...
Waking up with pain in my side, I pulled the covers down to investigate; my Bible lay bunched up against my ribs. Bad news had come the night before as I readied for bed. The tears fell until they couldn't. As...
But Jesus would often slip away to the wilderness and pray. ~Luke 5:15 NASB I love this verse. Even the Son of God slipped away for prayer- often! Have you seen the movie "War Room" (http://www.warroomthemovie.com)? It's amazing. The theme is slipping away to...
For You are my lamp, O Lord: The Lord shall enlighten my darkness. 2 Samuel 22:29 This morning, the local, national, and global headlines suffocated me with darkness. Gloom took me down and could not be shaken. The stories of crimes against...