Light is Coming My children love to play hide and seek in the dark. We buy a few glow sticks from the dollar store, wait until the sun sets, and then turn off all of the lights. They run around giggling and hiding in the dark while someone counts. Their laughter echoes through the house and I can’t help but wonder who will stub their toe first. As much as they beg and beg to play hide and seek in…
There is a picture of my husband and I – and I don’t like it. We have smiles on our faces, but we are tired, scared, and jet lagged. Behind us hangs a Chinese flag. It was taken in the middle of a government office in Zhengzhou, China in 2015. We had finished fifteen months of the adoption process and felt like we were crossing the finish line. We were happy, but also there were questions. Our daughter’s medical needs…
Our first home as newlyweds was a yellow house with black shutters. It had three bedrooms, a super tiny kitchen, an unfinished basement, and a sweet little loft. The best feature was the screened-in porch in the back. I would sit out there with my coffee and Bible almost every morning. I breathed in the fresh air, and even as the days grew cold, I wrapped myself in a blanket and sat on the glider that belonged to my grandmother. …
God isn’t looking for perfect people, just faithful ones. Noah revealed his faith with actions. God told him to do something crazy and silly. Let’s be honest. How many of us would have built this crazy ark? The world was going south fast, but this seemed like a crazy rescue plan. A boat? What was a boat anyway? Some scientists and scholars believe it had never even rained before Noah’s time. Only God builds an ark before the first drop…