If I hadn’t known what had transpired, I wouldn’t have guessed, judging from the lack of any appearance of injury to her lap. It made no rational, naturalistic sense. All was well, as if it always had been.
Miracle
Tag: Bible
Baptism
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth,” said John in his third epistle to his “spiritual” children. But it’s an easy fit for parents.
Ashes
Relief commingled with grief choked in my throat, as I held back the bitter emotions when she spoke the long-expected yet unwelcome words. “It’s over. He’s gone.”
Immanuel
Sometimes, you just have to swallow that pill.
Trouble
As time drags on and resolutions remain absent, the wish for a satisfying conclusion can easily give way to just an end — any end — good or bad. Let’s just get this over with, please.
Hope
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” – Romans 12:12
Checklist
It was rapidly apparent and unmistakable to me that one of the chief aspects that was going to make parenting so challenging was the fact that I couldn't address them like a task on a to-do list.
Spring Broken
Before I knew it, the brief but cutting words shot out of my mouth like a cannon, aimed squarely and unequivocally in our child’s direction.
One Turn
How does one determine the will of God? Why, in that moment, did I interpret circumstances as an indication he wanted me to stay where I was?
Chapter 2: Dalhart
Plowing one endless furrow after another, Joel stole a longing glance at the cars speeding past on the adjacent road, each headed anywhere but here.
Time in a Bottle 