I’ve not only noticed a Facebook/IG trend through the years; I’ve been a participant: commemorating the anniversary of a loved one’s passing. Generally, the loved one is remembered for their character qualities, acts of kindness, impact on remaining generations, and…
3 Steps to Easier Decision Making

You didn’t click on this to read three lengthy introductory paragraphs reiterating the importance of making good decisions. So let me give you, instead, a three-sentence backstory: Joe and I were making some pretty major decisions this past week. We…
A New Month
New month… New challenges. New opportunities. New goals, new fears. Yet your amazing God is… Ready to guide you through it. Ready to walk with you through it. Ready with new mercies, uncommon grace. Ready to meet you there with…
In This Moment…

In this moment… …a friend is about to give birth to her first child. …another friend is soon to become a widow. …a friend is moving to a new state to start to a new job. …another friend is retiring…
Thank you, Patch the Pirate

There we sat, in a large gym-turned-concert hall in Iowa, and I found myself wiping away tears. I wasn’t sad—not at all! I was overwhelmed with a sense of awe that there were hundreds of people, most of whom were…