Hope: to look forward with desire and reasonable confidence My wife hates lifting weights. While she enjoys exercising, she would quickly lament “weights are heavy”. Like so many…
I’m daring to hope again
Listen, I am not a goal-oriented person. I never have been. For some reason I am not motivated by goals. I think I’m more motivated by issues and…
In the Fullness of Time
When I was pregnant with my first baby, a little girl, I went eleven days past my due date–and even then, she only vacated my body thanks to…
Giving up control
I have always had a tendency to want to control everything. If things are not done the way I like them, they are most likely wrong (at least…
I will cast a vote, but I have a higher calling as a Citizen
Next week, I will exercise my right as a citizen of our country, and cast my vote for the next President of the United States. I, like the…
God of the harvest
Ahhh, Fall is finally here. Of course it’s cliché, but Fall is my favorite season. I feel especially happy for Fall this year with how challenging 2020 has…
Sorrow and Hope
My social media timeline has been filled this week with back to school pictures of mama’s shedding tears as they lament their students growing older and transitioning to…
3 Reasons to Trust Your Shattered Soul to God’s Strength
How’s your soul? Where does it draw its strength from? “Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in the miry…
4 lessons for my son: Fathering (with brown skin)
Sunday, June 14, I celebrated my son’s first birthday, as well as my fifth anniversary. As my son awoke on this special day, he crawled to his feet…
Reconciliation
“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now … ” –Martin Luther King Jr. For many Americans today, the constant tension…
You’re not alone.
There’s a lot of things that make people (including me!) anxious. I did some research, and here are of the some things that didn’t surprise me: Heights. Spiders.…