It happened just after the praise team finished singing. Our pastor came into the pulpit with a plate of caramel covered apples and I told a friend sitting beside me, “I am all over those!” So it shouldn’t surprise you to hear that my hand was among the first to be raised when the pastor […]
Archives for June 2014
Living in the world without falling in love with it
I write this as two adopting families prepare to finally go home after months of living in Nicaragua with their orphans-no-more. One of the most challenging aspects of coming home after living abroad is in finding your way back into the culture. When you are immersed in it, as most U.S. citizens are for their […]
Daily Miracles
It’s been said that we no longer live in the age of miracles, but I think this type of thought might come from those who are in the “glass-half-empty” crowd. To the contrary, I believe small miracles occur daily, and we need only to look for them. First, I must clarify what I mean by […]