I’ll never forget when my son gave me this flag. At that moment the weight of what was happening fell on me: my son was going to war in Afghanistan…and this would hang in my window until he came home. It’s somewhat peculiar that stints overseas are often nine months long. Though my pregnancy for Josh was nine months and TWO weeks, that period of waiting seemed much shorter than the season of waiting until he came home. Every day I prayed for my son’s life, as well as his fian

Have you thought about prayer–how it implies at least an inkling of faith? I am reminded of this each year when my church sponsors the prayer booth at Moms on the Run in Reno. Each year we try to look as friendly and approachable as possible as we offer homemade muffins and a smile. “Do you have a prayer request you’d like to leave this morning?” we say. I missed it this year, because I was giving the Mother’s Day message at The Bridge Church across the street from the event,

For much of his life my husband, Craig, has wanted to visit the Southwest–particularly Monument Valley, where the John Wayne westerners were filmed. We recently did just that–including many national parks in the area, including Mesa Verde, Canyonlands, Arches, Bryce Canyon, Zion, and the Grand Canyon. The sights were spectacular…but we had surprising serendipities along the way, too. One of our unexpected experiences was driving into Zion National Park through a one-mile tunn