How to Pray for Someone Who is Hurting

There is almost nothing harder than watching a friend or family member who is hurting, and knowing there is nothing we can do to change their circumstances. It’s frustrating, it’s painful… And, on this Earth, it happens with crushing frequency. But, as those saved by grace and adopted into the family of God, we know […]

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A Quiet Joy

“That was, without a question, one of the hardest things I have ever done,” Benjamin typed on his iPad one year ago in church, to avoid disrupting the service with whispers. I had watched while he walked back to his seat from his place at the piano and sat down heavily in our pew, and […]

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In the Wake of the Election: What Does it Mean to Trust God?

There is a lot of hurt in our nation right now. A lot of despondency. Confusion. Anger. There is an overwhelming amount of frustration, on both sides. And there’s worry. Even from Christians. Even from those who voted for our new president elect. And into this tangle of emotion, people keep proclaiming the words, “Trust […]

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We’re Having a Baby!

We can’t believe it! Even still, at 15 weeks along, we look at each other and say, “Is this really happening?” Benjamin and I are really, honestly, it-must-be-true-because-we-now-have-ultrasound-photos going to be parents to a squirmy, cuddly baby! It’s a big undertaking, this parenting! God is using my body right now, and our parenting later, to […]

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Can Gender Be a Birth Defect?

It’s a pretty common argument. “What would you do if your child was born with a cleft palate? Would you fix it, or leave it because, I mean, that’s how God designed him in the womb!” And it’s true. We do say that God designed babies in the womb. We do quote Psalm 139:13 — […]

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