Hidden Anxiety “Calm down. There’s no reason to get upset,” my husband says in a quiet, gentle voice. “I am NOT upset!” I respond angrily. “You’re just not hearing me! Why are you making this so hard?” Conversations like this have played out countless times in my 30-year marriage....
WE ARE WIRED TO SERVE. While culture and tradition may narrow the framework of options, the Holy Spirit splits it wide open, inspiring creative and accessible opportunities for every single member of the Body of Christ to serve. Perhaps we view serving as big acts, significant time commitments,...
TWISTING INTO FOCUS Chronic illness entered my life slowly. Each new illness – one more geometric shape twisted into the kaleidoscope lens of my life and was hardly noticed. It all seemed almost “normal” somehow. As a child, three colored shapes represented fear, anxiety, and strange...
Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me. (Psalm 54:4) Have you ever felt empty - with absolutely nothing left to give? Have you tried everything, yet nothing seems to help? Perhaps the isolation and simple survival of life with chronic illness feels too heavy and too much?...
Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief. My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning;my strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones grow weak. I am the utter contempt of my neighborsand an...
