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When I was 18 years old, I had the rare opportunity to work on an OB floor. Each day, I arrived in my normal clothes, then stepped into the locker room to change into freshly washed scrubs. We scrubbed in—washing away bacteria, mess, and everything from the outside world. Before each shift, we received a… Read more
He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away with empty hands (Luke 1:53). The Loch Ness Monster and Santa Claus have something in common—you can’t definitely prove that they do not exist. The world and its history are too vast to verify that they are not real. So we say… Read more
The month of December generally brings a conversation between God and me where I seek guidance and direction for the coming year. Sometimes images come to mind, other times I get words or phrases. In December 2019, I had an overwhelming sense of the word Immanuel, God is with us. My initial response was to… Read more
Do you ever feel like (as John Mayer would put it) you “keep a-waiting, waiting on the world to change”? Once [insert thing here] happens, then life will finally be better! Maybe it is a new job, relationship, change in government, or season. Then, after a long time, it still feels like … waiting. If waiting is part of the human experience, then… Read more
