What battles are you facing? At last count I know of FIVE in my immediate family. They are of a varied sort, ranging from health...

Real world story. A friend messaged me this morning after reading my Facebook post yesterday about being discouraged. She was confused...

“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...

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...

For years my mom has been saying, “Janet, how did I get to be so old?” I get it now. Yesterday at 10:30 a.m. she called me and said, “I’m...

The most peaceful day of the week should be Sunday, right? So, how do your Sundays go? Is it a struggle to get kids up out of bed and...

I remember lyrics from a song from my children’s youth: “With my God I can do valiantly.” I sang it along with them, praying they would...

You’ve heard of The Dating Game, right? How about The Waiting Game? I’m terrible at waiting. Just one example comes from my early...

I have a fight with myself every day. Every day I tell myself to go for a walk. But then the excuses slip in the door. “It’s cold and...

Our Honolulu girl visited for several days over the weekend. Our kids conspired to put together an early birthday celebration for a Big...

Years ago I asked the folks at my publishing house if they might consider offering my book PrayerWalk in audiobook form. It made sense to...

A year of ups and downs, huh? “Ups?” you say? Yes, despite what’s happened, I am determined to keep #lookingup. A year ago Sunday I flew...

Halfway into the closet months of COVID last year, I found myself just paralyzed. I seemingly couldn’t put one foot in front of the other...

I’ve had a couple weeks of struggle trying to launch an online masterclass called Prayer School. The chat experts from the venue have...

I had a fun unit I did with my students when I was teaching them to write technical language. First, I created relevance for the unit by...

My dad was a man of numbers. After church I could ask him, “How many today, Dad?” And he’d tell you the exact number of people in worship...

When I walked into the office at Loyalton High, where I worked, I was surprised to see that our son Josh hadn’t signed up for his second...

How long have you lived in your house? This year will mark FORTY years that we’ve lived in our home. Can you believe that? It seems...

I have a cousin Roger, who used travel from the central coastal area of California to our family home south of Sacramento to go duck...

I was just thinking of glorious wonder moments from our travels across this country: – Grand Canyon: the shadows and light that chase...