On Sunday morning, my toddler was that kid. She wasn’t feeling well. And, let’s add, that she’s only a year-and-some-change old. She needed sleep (like, up-for-an-hour-in-the-middle-of-the-night needed sleep) . She was likely hungry…

There are certain days that I don’t like to remember. The morning I found out my grandfather died. The day I had to tell my friends at school that my parents were…

Isaiah 53 has always been a favorite passage of mine. From the moment I first read it, I was captivated by the description of my Lord. Since my discovery, the text has…

I love Sundays for a host of reasons, but mostly because I get to spend time contemplating what Jesus has done for me. I get to spend a significant portion of my…

It’s a day that we will never forget. A day where hundreds died and millions mourned. A day when we cried out for justice, and vowed to “always remember.” September 11, 2001…

Have you ever received a really remarkable, overwhelming gift from someone? How did you feel? I can tell you, I’ve received some pretty amazing gifts throughout my lifetime: some wildly expensive, some…

I vividly remember the reactions I received when I was in high school and I decided to take French instead of Spanish. Most people told me that it was stupid–that’d I’d never…

When I was growing up, it was hard for me to distinguish the Lord’s Supper from the time we are giving our contribution. After all, the two very separate things were usually…