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 […]
What Adoption Has Taught Me About God’s Grace
In March of this year, I got a new sister. She was almost 16 years old. And she radically changed my life. Fida has changed the way our family talks, the way we hang out, definitely the amount we know about Albania!… And she has given us such a beautiful picture of what God’s love […]
How Your Creativity Reflects the Image of God
My dad told me once that there is no such thing as a creative person. He said that if you looked at every single individual on the whole planet from the day God made Adam and Eve to the present and even the future, you would not find one person that was creative. Not one. […]
How We Learned the Hard Way to Stop Saying Never
I’m not sure I can count the number of times that Benjamin and I swore that we would never do something, right before God called us to do it. Maybe a hundred? There was the time we said we would never go to grad school. (Hello, Clarks Summit University!) And then there was the time […]