Hope On The Road Less Traveled
Quarterly Newsletter Something on my mind… This image has been on my mind a lot lately—including the analogy it represents. On the last day of our family road trip last year, we drove through a vast national park and pulled off at the final lookout before we were set to head home. It was hazy,… Continue reading A Sunflower in the Dessert
This post is a personal one for me. It’s a part of my life that has shaped me more than anything else, but it’s also the part I’ve been most limited to share about. More recently, however, the Lord has been moving in our family’s life, leading us to share more about the journey we’ve… Continue reading Don’t Lose Hope – Your Story Isn’t Finished
We’ve all suffered. We’ve all known someone else who has suffered. And we’ve all been on the giving and receiving end of unhelpful and ignorant comments as a result. Suffering is simply a natural part of the human experience in this world. God’s Word doesn’t leave us wondering, “if”, but “when” the pain of this… Continue reading The Three L’s of Suffering Well With Others
My cousins and I were enjoying a carefree summer day as we often did at my grandparents house in Wisconsin—building sand castles, swimming in the lake, and pushing each other off the old wooden raft that floated a good distance from the dock. I was young, but I remember the details of this particular day… Continue reading When The Waves Threaten to Take You Under
“Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, ‘Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return.’ The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.’” Job 1:20-22 When loss comes, grief… Continue reading Grief is Not a Sign of Unbelief
“May your compassion come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need”(Psalm 79:8). It’s a prayer that I’ve often prayed over the past two decades of trials. As the waves of tribulation seemed to relentlessly beat upon me and my family, it’s a prayer that has also been riddled with doubts over God’s… Continue reading Fighting for Faith When Doubts Abound
Newsletter Something on my mind…“Everything in my life always goes wrong! I know God can prevent it if he wants to, so it seems like he enjoys inflicting pain on me.” Tears welled up in my teenage son’s eyes as these words of discouragement and borderline despair flew out of his mouth. I caught myself… Continue reading When Nothing Makes Sense, Remember These Three Things…
The past several years, God has been stripping away the frills of earthly success, independence, and self-confidence in me. Like Elijah, I have felt hidden by the Lord, severely tested by difficult and painful circumstances. I have been in a battle for faith in response to God’s silence and the relentless furnace of affliction. My… Continue reading A Story of Redemption is Being Written in Your Life
"Where are you, LordWhen the darkness swallowsWhen your silence deafensIn a multitude of sorrows? Where is your comfortWhen pain aboundsWhen companions fleeAnd loneliness resounds? Where is your justiceWhen the innocent are huntedWhen the wicked prosperAnd their evil is flaunted? Where is your compassionWhen a heart can bear no moreWhen weariness overwhelmsAnd it's too much to… Continue reading Comfort in the Cross
I admit, I often battle discouragement in my pursuit of health. I am beyond grateful for the extensive treatment protocol that I’ve been allowed the opportunity to pursue this past year. And yet, while it gives me great hope, the process is still brutal--with no guaranteed outcome. I’m confident that this journey won’t be wasted,… Continue reading There Is Purpose in This Place
Set Apart 