Meekness isn’t a virtue we think about often. It doesn’t appear high on society’s list of desirable traits, like power, wealth, strength, and influence. We don’t interact with people and hope they walk away thinking “Wow, she’s really meek.” Yet meekness is one of the most radical ways we can live like Christ. Instead ofContinue reading “Blessed Are the Meek”
Category Archives: Faith
The Next to Go
Fourteen years ago I was on break from work, eating lunch at the park, devouring a mystery novel. I was closing in on solving the case when my husband called, interrupting my investigation. “She’s gone. Emily is gone.” That morning, on her way to work, our sister-in-law had been hit by a car and killed.Continue reading “The Next to Go”
Hope of the New Year
As I grew up ringing in the New Year with my family, I wondered, but never asked, why January 1st is considered a holiday. When your parents let you stay up and watch TV way past bedtime, you keep your mouth shut and let the good times roll. Now that I’m an adult and haveContinue reading “Hope of the New Year”
Better than Batman
My house doubles as a functional living space and a superhero lair. Come over and you’ll find Batman, Spider-Man and any one of the Avengers battling foes on the stairs, under the kitchen table or wherever my sons last deserted them. Superhero fascination isn’t restricted to elementary school boys. A genre that was once theContinue reading “Better than Batman”
When We Steal the Spotlight from God
When I was entering junior high, my mom bought me a book I found irrelevant and a little rude. Although I don’t remember the title, it would be hard to forget such a cheesy cover illustration—a smug-looking teen girl with a cartoon planet Earth orbiting her head. The point of the book—and the message myContinue reading “When We Steal the Spotlight from God”
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