Moab, UT—At the trailhead in Arches National Park, my daughter and I launch our hike on a relatively benign dirt hiking trail, easily followed, marked with a metal sign. As the hike progresses, the trail [...]
Have you ever sat in church listening to a sermon, and the pastor says something like, "Well, in the original language, the word in this passage meant..."--and kind of felt a sort of longing, or [...]
Our world, wired, connected--full of countless ways to communicate instantly. I can Skype with someone across the globe, text to someone thousands of miles away, instant message, well, instantly. In some ways, we can fool [...]
Spoiler alert: Giving away free books. Leave a comment to enter the drawing! I grew up in a church that taught me to love God’s word. That was the up side. The down side was [...]
Every person is creative. Why? Because we are made in the image of our Creator. So every person is, in some way, an artist. some work with paint, or words, or clay. Others mold little [...]
Summer weekends for the last two decades or so, I’ve visited my in-laws. It’s not so bad. They happen to live on a lake less than two hours from our house. I [...]
My family and I just returned from a vacation in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park. Five days spent hiking, seeing wildlife and just driving through some amazing scenery reminded me just how [...]
Reader Christine writes in with this question: I have 3 teens and 4 young adults. I re-married 1 year ago and I work full-time. God has really blessed me and I love my life. But [...]
While most lilacs bloom in May, mine wait. Their progress is leisurely, but worth the wait. If you walk outside my house, the air is perfumed with their purple scent. My whole garden is lavender this week--irises, chives and lilacs. Each has [...]
