Stories for Piper and Posterity (#3): Imagination
Piper, today is Nona Katie’s birthday. Nona Katie is my mom, and she lives in heaven now with God and his angels and all those who have...
Stories for Piper and Posterity: Thunderstorms: Potato Games in Heaven
One time, when I was small enough to be carried by my Dad, but old enough to understand language, I was frightened by a thunderstorm. In...
An Ecclesiastes Morning
I read the book of Ecclesiastes this morning, and I pondered the meaninglessness of wealth, power, work done only for monetary gain, and...
Jesus in Disguise Part 1
In an alcove of the hospital by a big sunny window, I sat so that my back could have wall support not offered by the bench. Nate was...
Love the One You're With
“If you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with.” Crosby, Stills and Nash lyrics echo in my mind. Ancient wisdom. Time...
Pause for Joy
Saturday, I found myself in a circle of dancing trees with long, thin limbs of fast growing youth. They were so tall that I had to tilt...
Motherhood, Risk and Learning to Breathe
"A mother’s labor and delivery never ends, and you have to remember to breathe." Ann Voskamp My son—you know who I mean, the son I always...
When the Death Angel Reaps
God’s death angel was reaping last week – calling home those who loved God and for whom His purposes in life were complete. We have four...
Mothers AS Missionaries Part 1 Training Camp
We hooted and hollered cheers. Long buses pulled into the circle drive to deliver the young missionaries who were here for training camp....
Mothers of Missionaries IV God in the Details
We had counted down the months, days, hours . . . and now we were waiting for the minutes until we would see our daughter, Taylor. Eight...