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April 2018

April 26, 2018

How My Kids Identify with Their Royal Cousins

It's a boy!" Great Britain and Anglophiles the world over rejoiced at the newest royal...

April 23, 2018

How Will #churchtoo Affect Women in Church Leadership?

Another week, another pastor resigning due to accusations of sexual misconduct. The recent phenomenon of #metoo and...

April 20, 2018

Read This Book: My Unlikely New Author Crush

I am late to the game, apparently. An author I recently—as in, last month—discovered has...

April 17, 2018

From Power to Empowerment: Learning from Boaz

At a recent writing conference I attended, multiple conversations swirled around the topic of privilege,...

April 12, 2018

What’s a Leader to Do with Women in Conflict?

Do you lead a group of people that includes women? You might be male or...

April 10, 2018

Why Send Your Teen on a Mission Trip?

My two teenage sons recently returned from a week in Nicaragua, where they and...

April 05, 2018

Read These Books: Christian Fiction

Family lore says that I got off the bus after my first day of Kindergarten,...

April 02, 2018

The Secret to Improving Your Child’s Biblical Literacy

"Does God fight Satan now?" The question from the backseat startled me. I might have...

March 2018

March 30, 2018

Resurrection Reflections from my Tulip Garden

My tulips got me thinking about Easter.

March 24, 2018

Why I Support ‘March for Our Lives’

Did you, or did you want to, "March for [y]our Lives" this weekend? Or would...

March 21, 2018

Easter Movies for the Whole Family

What movies do families want to watch during the Easter season? It depends on the...

March 19, 2018

What’s Your Hat? One Teen’s First Sermon Illustration

He had no training, no experience. His introverted personality did not lend itself to the task....

March 15, 2018

Patrick: The Fact, Fiction, and Faith of Ireland’s Saint

For one day a year, in the US at least, everyone is Irish—or wishes they...

March 12, 2018

What Does ‘the Power of Prayer’ Really Mean?

I've never liked the phrase "the power of prayer." Too many times people toss it...

March 08, 2018

International Women’s Day: Recommended Reading

March 8 has become known as International Women's Day, a focal point within Women's History Month...

March 05, 2018

Worth Dying For

I discovered fastpitch softball almost by accident. Riding my bike around the spacious fields that...

March 02, 2018

Whose Side is God on?

Historically, God has "belonged" to certain groups of people: first to the Jews, and then...

February 2018

February 27, 2018

Can I Invade My Child’s Electronic Privacy?

"So, are the kids okay?" I sat across from a fellow mom at lunch. My...

February 21, 2018

What I Will Tell My Children about Billy Graham

Since the news broke this morning of the death of Dr. Billy Graham at age...

February 20, 2018

Social Media Smarts: Grown Up Edition

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Dickens? Well, yes. But...

February 16, 2018

Of Cars, Kids, and Conversations

I love a captive audience, don't you? I find great, often diabolical, humor in the...

January 2018

January 24, 2018

Reasons to Share ‘The Greatest Showman’ with Your Kids

My friends can attest—indeed, may even roll their eyes—that I "heart" the recent cinematic musical The...

January 10, 2018

A Flash of Grace

LAST SUMMER, OUR PUREBRED CHOCOLATE LAB ENLIVENED OUR HOME WITH A LITTER OF PUPPIES. ONE...

November 2017

November 21, 2017

Giving Thanks Personally

I recently received a handwritten letter—when’s the last time you have seen one of those?—from...

September 2017

September 15, 2017

No Reason to Wait

"Come today there's no reason to wait. Jesus is calling." The other day I did something...

September 05, 2017

Ancient Sources, Timeless Insights

As the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's 95 Theses approaches, Bible Study Magazine has devoted...

August 2017

August 24, 2017

'Grit and Grace: Heroic Women of the Bible' | A Review

In this children's book, Caryn Rivadeneira explores the events, personalities, and cultures of more than...

July 2017

July 26, 2017

All We Need for a Happy Summer

If anyone has seen my Facebook feed this summer and not purposely hidden my posts,...

October 2013

October 20, 2013

When Something Wicked Blessed Me

Beth Moore spoke the day before. I drove back to the hotel late last night,...

September 2013

September 03, 2013

J is for Justice

You could safely describe my family as bibliophiles. Even the 3yo loves books, and his...