I was sitting quietly on the couch, working diligently on my laptop. The television was on, for no other reason except some background noise in the house.Although I was focused on the task at hand, the words of a commercial caught my attention. The spokeswoman for the commerical is advertising a new beauty product, and…

I remember it well. Confusion. Panic. Tears. As a timid middle schooler, I sat on the school bus, anxious to be home after a long day of school. I was sitting quietly in my seat, when I began to have a sinking feeling in my stomach. Although my surroundings appeared to be the same, something…

Practically every night, my eleven year old son begs me to tell him a bed time story as I tuck him into bed. Sometimes I decline because the hour is late, but since we had had a busy day, he was actually hitting the hay a bit earlier than usual. When he made his nightly…

As I delve into the reading of the Bible again this year, I am praying for even greater understanding, and also for deeper insights into how God’s Word applies to my every day life. But most importantly, I want to open God’s Word with excitement, not obligation. Reading the Bible daily readings as arranged in…