The Best Way to Prevent Child Abuse
April is Child Abuse Prevention and Sexual Assault Awareness Month. I believe it is important for survivors to…
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How to Respond to People Who Drive You Crazy
Like a woman cooking a large family meal, I have a pot on every burner right now. Front…
When Have You Wept Over Your City?
“As He approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it and said, ‘If you, even you,…
5 Ways You Can Use Easter to Evangelize
Why do we celebrate Christmas more than we celebrate Easter? We spend an entire month decorating our homes,…
Daring to Feel Again
Still stuck in Isaiah 58, and the very first verse is shouting my name today in a not-entirely-pleasant…
Logging Mileage in the Barren Land
It’s 12 hours. Around the lake and Flathead cherry orchards. Through Missoula, where we lived in poverty for…
Taking the Time to Learn Perseverance
I snagged a glorious 20 minutes on the phone with a dear friend yesterday, while she chewed on…
When a Loved One Says Goodbye
On Sunday night, my family gathered around the table as we’ve been doing every Sunday night for no…
Where Have All the People Gone?
“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the…
When Ministry Doesn’t Go the Way We Plan
I sat at my computer in the basement that chilly Sunday evening in North Dakota, pounding out a…