APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  The crowds followed Jesus closely as he healed their sick, made their lame walk, and made life and breath and being enter back into their dead. He had filled their stomachs with bread, met their needs,...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  Fear of failure still tempts me and drives me hard. I want my grown-up girls to think I'm the best mom in the world, and I want you to think that too. The pressure to perform remains a constant pull in my...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  However, it was apparent to me within the first few moments that something was wrong. After several twists of the wand and pushes of the button, the sonographer, a friend of ours, turned to me with tears...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  My friend Robin needed a rescue one day. She was walking home from class her senior year at Indiana University during the blizzard of the century. The odds were not in her favor as she set out uphill in...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  We don't know exactly what was happening in David's life when he wrote Psalm 13, but it's safe to assume he felt death was close and very real. Perhaps his emotions threatened to run away while he was...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  I make myself a cup of coffee and sit down in my big red chair. It's not even six in the morning. In the last week, I've slept a sum total of ten hours. I'm severely lacking and beginning to think sleep is...