Finding the Hope of Christ in a Messy Life
Flashing lights showed in our rear-view mirror and my husband pulled right, allowing the ambulance to pass. It turned on the street leading up to our house. “Oh, Don. What did you do now?” my husband said in an exasperated tone. He seemed certain the ambulance was headed toward our neighbor’s house. The middle-aged man’s health was deteriorating, and those lights were appearing next door more and more often. “It could be someone else. There’s lots of homes in that direction,” I Continue Reading
I’ve felt troubled for some time now over something I see running rampant in our church. It’s a spirit of fear, but it masks itself as a spirit of discernment. I see it when people point fingers at those behind the pulpit and leading worship, saying they’re led not by God, but the devil. I see it in memes in Instagram and Facebook that present themselves as sound warnings, but are often only flawed human judgment. Yes, we need to exercise discretion and weigh what we hear against biblical Continue Reading
“I just want to go home,” my son said. Then immediately, the tears came. I fought back my own tears as I grabbed him and rubbed his back.“We’ll be home soon, buddy. They’re just trying to make sure you’re safe, ok?” I looked into his eyes and he gave me a nod.We exited the bathroom and made our way back to the patient room in the ER, waiting for the ambulance that would transport my son to a children’s hospital an hour and a half away. A medical team needed to monitor multiple head injuries that Continue Reading
