Prescription for Hope

How do we stop the stampede of negative thoughts? If left unrestrained, negative thoughts will gallop through our mind, like wild...

I had a New Year’s queso mishap. I think I lost a powder-dipped fingernail in the queso. I made a queso dip for the kid’s NYE gathering....

Hope has a name, Immanuel, God with us. This year ambiguity, divisiveness, isolation, financial strain, and a worldwide pandemic have...

“The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand.” (Psalm 121:5, NKJV) In the midst of my bout of Covid induced...

“I the Lord do not change.” -God  (Malachi 3:6) God Does Not Change During this time of quarantine, isolation, and abundant change, the...

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It’s what the sunflowers do.” ~Helen Keller 4 Lessons from the Sunflower...

Our world is complicated, uncertain, and harsh. Would you agree? Too many demands morph our Instagram worthy, color-coded weekly...

I am in a reflective mood. I’m making sense of setbacks, praising God for my present messy life, and pondering His plans for my future....

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In today’s post, Leah Lively shares tips on overcoming Bible study obstacles. Leah and I briefly met before her family moved to the...

Triumphant faith presses on. Mysterious medical marvels occurred during my fourth decade of life; a genetic illness, Hypokalemic Periodic...

Innumerable pulmonary embolisms (blood clots) in my lungs held my life at ransom. But grace, God’s grace paid the price. April 14, 2018,...

I’m learning to avoid the comparison trap. Finding contentment in this new realm is my struggle. This summer, my neighbor had her...

Today, Rachel missed the bus. Because it is picture day, I offered to drive her to school.  Visibly relieved, she sighed and her...

Lies Moms Believe is the inaugural book by Rebekah Hargraves, birthed from personal experience of raising two littles and sharing these...

From the pulpit, our pastor pronounced, “God works on both sides of the equation.” I scribbled down the phrase in my journal, pondering...

You expect me to sing Hallelujah even here? The writer of Psalm 137:4 was an Israelite held captive by a Babylonian enemy. How could the...

For reasons I cannot explain, I had an attack of Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis that endured all last week. Extreme muscle weakness and...

The name ‘winter’ derives from an old Germanic word meaning “time of water” and refers to the high rain and snowfall that often...

We moved into our new home seven weeks ago. As I unpack our possessions, I also unpack evidence of God’s faithfulness to our family....