As we sit in our homes, without the usual things to distract us, what are we doing with the sudden void? Our usual vices, our usual ways of coping may be gone, or greatly lessened, by the inability to leave our houses. I can no longer fill my void of being needed by anyone and…
When I was in high school, my Dad was diagnosed with testicular cancer. I remember one of our friends driving us home from school, and pulling up to the house with my Grandma waiting on the porch. She told us we needed to go to the hospital to see my Dad, but she wouldn’t tell…
When I first started college at Chico State, I remember seeing a guy standing in the quad preaching. He was shouting and pointing, and asking the students to turn away from their sin, and turn to God. I’m sure his intention was to save the students from their sins, and have them turn to Jesus…
People keep throwing around the word “unprecedented,” when it comes to what the world is going through right now. And I think we really need to think about that word: unprecedented. If this whole situation is unprecedented, we get to set a precedent. We get to decide what our standards are for this situation. We…
There is no denying that staying at home with our kids for an extended amount of time is not always pretty. It is rough for us parents to make schedules, break up fights, continue with our children’s educations, and also point them toward Jesus. It seems insurmountable, impossible, and something that we just don’t want…
When my first daughter was born, I hated night time. All day every day I dreaded that moment when it was time to go to sleep. When everyone I knew was resting peacefully in their beds, eyes closed, for a full eight hours. When my husband was breathing deeply and peacefully next to me, as…
When my husband, Manny, and I started dating he was 19 and I was newly 21. 14 months later we were engaged, and 9 months after that we were married and starting our lives together. There were some naysayers, of course, but we knew that God had brought us together and had a plan for…
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