“It’s the right thing to do.” I grew up hearing those words from my parents, who were born into what would be called The Greatest Generation. They made do and helped neighbors during the Great Depression. They fought heroically during World War II and kept the farms and factories running on the home front. They took advantage of the GI Bill and attended college in numbers no other generation before them had. They bought from Sears & Roebuck catalogs–even homes–and collected G

Have you sensed God’s fingerprints on your life? Those unexplainable circumstances that weave who you are with where you’ve been? We see God’s fingerprints all over the story of the Shunnamite woman. Watch the pieces unfold in 2 Kings, first in Chapter 4. – Elisha goes to Shunem, where he meets this wealthy woman, who urges him to eat some food. Her place becomes a pitstop when he’s in the area. Fingerprint. – He shows up so much that the woman convinces her husband to provid

Last fall I wrote about how I had planted 275 bulbs–mostly daffodils and tulips. I have never done well with growing flowers. Years ago I planted 42 rose bushes in my back yard; I’d hoped they would grow into a hedge to frame the outer edges of the yard. They never made it into the second season. One day my friend Hannah came over with a a cute sunflower seedling. She said, “Just plant this. They grow anywhere.” Well, it never made it even to adolescence. I’ve bought and plan