Things I learned from Mom: Relationships matter. Mom and our Dad were a power couple. Together, their love for Christ and for others multiplied their God-given strengths and their influence on others. People mattered to her because they mattered to Christ. She always went after the one she felt needed something or someone the…
Grief: “Deep Sorrow”, especially caused by someone’s death is something almost everyone will have to experience at one point or another. This is something that has been on my heart recently, and I feel like sharing it to glorify God and share good news. Our job on earth is to grow the kingdom of God…
Have you ever received the dreaded phone call? The unexpected one that knocks the breath out of you? Mine came on December 23rd, 2006. I was out doing some last minute Christmas shopping and either my Dad or brother called and said I needed to get home immediately. You heard the sadness in their tone,…
Change…nobody really likes it. Sure it can be exciting, but the unknown is always that…unknown. It’s scary because we can’t see what is coming, which requires trust. That’s why God allows us to experience it. We aren’t trusting when we can see, when we know the outcome. God has to get us to a place…
As with any holiday, death or the loss of a special person, brings about many emotions, the absence of their presence seems magnified. As we approach the one-year anniversary of losing our loved, God-sent stepfather, the reality of death at Easter is front and center. The week following brings about the anniversary of our…