Finding God in the midst of real life.
I don’t suppose I considered this question of healing much before I experienced a life-altering diagnosis. Have you? I’ve been living with Type 1 diabetes for nearly a decade. A decade of confusion, lessons learned, failed attempts, successes, struggles, and wondering: What is God doing in the midst of this disease? Several years ago, the…
We’re moving this week! And that’s set my mind towards an awareness of all the final things – those final experiences we’ll ever have in this home. We’ve been so blessed with our little home these past 8 years. When we moved in our children were 20 months and 4 months old. This is where…
A friend of mine put out a challenge to me a couple of months ago: consider trying a whole-foods, plant-based diet. Our families have grown in our friendship over the past few years and this pastor and former NFL athlete had just written the foreword to my latest book, Chronic Healing. “I just want to…
Our family is building a new home and we’re preparing to move. With that comes my least favorite task (aside from the waiting) – packing! Last month we loaded about half of our belongings into a storage unit, keeping only the basics for living and staging; the vast majority of my 400+ books are now packed away. Obviously, I’m a book…
“…[Jesus] cried out with a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come out.’ The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, ‘Unbind him, and let him go.’” John 11:43-44 (ESV) My husband and I stood at an impasse. He longed…
Recently, I sat down with a friend I haven’t talked with in depth for a while, just a time to catch up and let our kids play. “What’s going on with you these days?” she tossed out with a smile. I stumbled over thoughts. Usually I can pick one or two things going on and jump right…
Somewhere over the past few months, I’ve internally shifted into having more of a performance mentality. I’ve tied my identity many times with how well I’m doing rather than simply with who I’m being. I felt myself failing far more often than flying. As someone who is passionate about identity, this can be difficult to…
Most mornings we spend an hour tidying up: putting away dishes, making beds, kickstarting the laundry, and decluttering. It’s never perfect – and that’s perfectly okay! But I’m amazed at the difference in our ability to move through the day when the house is in order rather than cluttered and chaotic. One day, I moved through…
For the past two years, I’ve traded in my typical list of New Year’s resolutions, boiling my focus down to just a couple of words. In 2014, Freedom and Gratitude stayed at the forefront of my heart all year, and God did some miraculous works in my life. 2015 had me continually returning to Live…
Imagine standing in an endless field – boxes of every color conceivable lie scattered at your feet, extending as far as you can see. Yet, you’re looking for the yellow gift boxes – those elusive ones that always meet your expectations. Whenever you’ve opened a yellow box before, you discovered the exact gift you’d hoped…