Good Things Are Coming
On the last day of July, a splash of bright red caught my attention. It was over one hundred degrees and it seemed like summer might stretch on for an endless forever. In Birmingham, fall usually arrives mid-November. There wasn’t any reason to expect or even...
God Will Not Miss Your Call
“Can you come pick me up? I don’t feel safe.” A few weeks ago, my phone rang as a familiar name filled the screen. My day was just beginning, filled to the brim with deadlines and meetings. Twenty minutes away, my roommate was just over halfway down the nature trail,...
Until Only He Remains
The post was originally published in the June 2019 issue of LifeWay’s HomeLife Magazine. I’m honored to be included in the print publication, and grateful for the opportunity to share the words with you here as well. I came across an old journal while...
Darkness Doesn’t Get the Final Say
Nine years ago, at the age of seventeen, I had brain surgery to remove a tumor the size of a golf ball. For months, sickness snuck up on me in the early morning hours and hung on until night fell and sleep took over. No matter who we spoke with or what we tried, there...
Don’t Underestimate the Power of an Invitation
There aren’t too many people I can happily talk with during a long, steep hike out of a wadi in Israel — but Katie Reid is one of those people. We survived the hike, gasped for breath at the end, took a picture in an attempt to mark the moment and show the...
A book for the broken hopefuls… Even If Not: Living, Loving, and Learning in the in Between
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