Constant Troubles
We are proud and independent people. Just ask yourself what you would do if, at a street corner, a Boy Scout reached to steady your arm...
12
Nov
11
Nov
We Will Shine
The other night before I went into the house, I stopped to listen to my neighbor’s whistling pines and enjoy the thin slice of moon making a smile...
10
Nov
“I Hate Sundays”: Why Disabled Families Are Absent from Church and What We Can Do to Start Welcoming them Back
Sometimes, I hate Sundays. A pastor making this statement requires some explanation: I’m an Army Chaplain, a pastor for 17 years, having served at churches...
10
Nov
Numbering Your Days
Over the years, my quadriplegia has forced me to take one day at a time. ‘This trial’ is so hard that this morning’s grace is not enough by midmorning...
9
Nov
God’s Prerogative
While my husband and I were eating in a fast-food restaurant, discussing gardening plans for the afternoon, we overheard a couple at a nearby...
8
Nov
God’s Will for Your Life
Ask any young Christians what God’s will is for their life and you’ll probably hear this: “I don’t know, but I sure would love to know.” Well...
7
Nov
Hungry for Home
California is beautiful, but there’s nothing quite like my home state of Maryland. Whenever I get a little homesick for the land of the Chesapeake Bay...
6
Nov
Triple Trouble
Troubles. Hardships. Distresses. Ever heard that old adage, “Bad things come in threes”? There’s no biblical support for such arithmetic, but it happens...
3
Nov
An Art Lesson
When I’m at my art easel, secondhand information won’t do. If I’m working on a painting of daisies, I must have a vase of fresh daisies to study. There’s no...
31
Oct
Jesus, the Light of Life, Shines Through Hardship for Melvin and Ruth
Ruth has always turned to Jesus when shame, rejection, and hardship press in. At age thirteen she had both legs amputated because of a genetic condition...
