How to Find Joy in the Crisis

The movie was almost over. Sitting in the theatre, holding my granddaughter on my lap, cell phone in hand, I waited anxiously for a text to explain why my daughter was summoned home. The dreaded text came, “Please pray! Audrey was run over.” Oh God no! I found myself...

When the Trail is Hard

“Saddle up. We have a trail to blaze….” The children’s voices rang loud and clear in the gymnasium that morning. It was Grandparents Day at the Christian school where I taught kindergarten. And as they continued singing I realized it could lend me hope for the new...