Prescription for Hope

Learn to Pile Your Troubles on God’s Shoulders. Burdens lurking at every turn mound quicker than our weary minds can process. These...

When my pastor pronounced, “God works on both sides of the equation,” images of algebraic equations filled my mind. Normally, I enjoy the...

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

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“Nope.” “Please,” she begged. “Rachel, I could contact the teacher but you need to know this information backwards and forwards.  If you...

Is G I don’t know what prompted my husband to ask the question. It was an ordinary day. We were zooming down the road to Rachel’s (aka...

I am honored to introduce you to my friend, Amy. When she shared this principle with me, I asked her to share it for Red Chair Moments....

“God doesn’t need a running start.”  —Althea Brown In that early morning semi-sleep state, birds chirped a delightful melody while the...

When twenty-seventeen began, I wanted to crawl into Bilbo Baggin’s hobbit hole. I wanted to seek refuge with his books, dishes, and...

“You have no idea,” I growl at the computer screen. It is a New Year but I never had that New Year fresh start feeling.  I have a new...

The phrase, “But as for me” recognizes I have a choice. I can choose trust or fear, sorrow or joy, rejection or redirection. Despite my...

“You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.” (Psalm 65:11, NLT) What I love about this...

I sat across another zebra, and for the first time, I knew someone truly understood me. In the 1940’s Dr. Theodore Woodward coined the...

The shift from faith to doubt is subtle. I recently caught myself following the breadcrumb path that lead to restlessness. Unbeknownst to...

Suddenly my world turned upside down. Suddenly I stepped out of a healthy active life into the world of chronic illness. Suddenly,...

Today, I am purposefully trying to induce an attack of Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis, the rare neuromuscular disease that hijacked my...

“The Word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood.” (John 1:14, The Message) I love how Eugene Peterson paraphrases this...

What if you approached your battle from the stance of victory? Click To Tweet I love to highlight passages of scripture where God uses...

It’s been a brutal week. I’ve wrestled with physical pain, emotional lows, and misplaced hope. Searching for comfort, I went back to the...

June 13, 2016: Facebook entry: “I cooked today. One person’s chore is another’s progress.” Since this neuromuscular disease hijacked by...