What If It’s as ‘Simple’ as Everyday Faithfulness?
My grandfather passed away last month. A few hours after receiving the news, the memory of a long-forgotten college paper crossed my mind. It was late. Both night and tears had fallen, but instead of going to bed I sat at my desk searching through documents. There....
When You Need a Miracle in the Messy Middle
A few years ago, my family spent week after week sitting in waiting rooms and hoping for answers. Just a few hours before the light of Easter morning began to stretch across the sky, my phone lit up with one of the worst text messages of my life. Exactly two years...
New Year, New You? No Thanks.
Before the presents were wrapped to later be unwrapped, before candles flickered during Christmas Eve services, before we all returned to work and the calendar flipped from December to January, I heard it. In Instagram captions and my Facebook newsfeed, during...
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...
When You’re Unsure and Overwhelmed, Remember This
Do you see the mountains? They were clear as day in person, but I just about missed them as I scrolled back through my photos from Israel. You may have to squint, but they’re right there in between the blue water and the blue sky. And forgive me for turning everything...
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