(To read the first part, click here.) I was only 14 years old when the police came and arrested me and my friend. He was much older and I’d learned to steal cars, motors, transmissions, and anything we wanted — until we got caught. The judge sentenced me to a…
“Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds?” Lk. 24:38 Have you ever found yourself in a situation where not much in life seems to make sense? Ever since Easter (when I last posted on this blog ) my life has unraveled in ways I had…
It’s another winter day when the world outside is covered in snow. Lying under my soft warm blanket, I wonder if I will make it –will today be another day of pain? I feel the lingering twinge of regret – I fell asleep as I read to the kids…
He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Luke 10:27 One of the earliest memories I have is of standing behind my Grandfather in the…
I’m back home again at my parent’s for another visit – back in the old neighborhood I grew up in and the memories come flooding back as I walk the familiar streets. I see the small, skinny girl dragging her light blue suitcase home on the sidewalk … my parents…
As we look to celebrate Father’s Day this coming weekend, I’m reminded of the greatest father there is – the one who will never forsake us or fail us. He is a kind, loving Father full of grace and truth. No matter how far we’ve strayed, He awaits…
So there it is – a brand new church glistening in the sun there on the shores of Lake Titicaca high in the Peruvian Andes. A dream come true for my father, whose passion to do something for God led him back to the small village we left three and half…
I’ve spent most of my adult life waiting for the day to arrive – the day when my desk would remain clutter-free, when I would be finally be the kind, loving mom who doesn’t explode in anger or yells at her kids, when my weekly meals would be…
I opened the school locker so I could leave my daughter’s phone, and there staring at me in a small, clear box was a black rodent! It blinked and closed its eyes. I left the phone and hurried away. Thoughts raced through my mind. “What does this mean? Why…
I’ve been thinking about Bob on this leap year day. Bob is my husband’s dad, and it would have been his 76th birthday today. I only met Bob once but I still think about some of the things he told me about his son, now my husband. He…
