God, Only you are over all kingdoms and their leaders. Only you know every heart and motive. Only you can weave your will using people...

After an energy-draining bout with the flu that kept me down the week after Christmas and kept me struggling for more than a week...

Gratitude begins in a heart That understands everything in life is gift Breath and heartbeat, Mind and cell structure, Gravity and...

The family has gathered and gone, opened presents may still wait to find their new homes, the refrigerator is crammed with left overs. ...

We are so close to Christmas. But are we just as close to Christmas Truth? Do we understand that Love is the best gift of Christmas? Come...

It is the third week of Advent. This week the focus is Joy. Too much of our lives are joyless. Routines put us on auto-pilot. The...

I am learning that Advent is a time to re-focus. It isn’t just an opportunity to do Christmas better. No one can improve on what God did...

Receive a "Quiet Circle" Advent reading for each day of this week by signing up for this website using the "Connect" button. Here is the...

The questions and conversations surrounding this election have been intense, confusing, and unsettling. I’m sure you are like me and...

Fall has lingered as an extended visitor. Leaves still fleck the trees in mosaics of gold, red, peach, and rust. Even the recent wind...

What do you do when life reorders the core routine so much that you feel lost? What do you do when that big purpose that pushed you...

As I sit in my Quiet Circle, I contemplate the help God provided in the middle of unthinkable endings. It is here that I raise my...

We sat in one of the casual places inside the multi-floored and multi-winged hospital where Lisa had spent too much time. I will never...

Please forgive my silence for these many weeks. Most of you understand why. On July 25, our daughter Lisa, took her last breath in a...

We are questioning people. We came by this skill naturally. We amused our parents with our first questions. Then, we frustrated them...

What makes me think That my love . . . My try harder, Up and down, Sometimes on, And sometimes not, Love is enough to change the world?...

I said I wouldn’t ask what-if questions. I didn’t realize that they don’t need an invitation. They slip into my head at the worst...

She walked into my world as a smile from God. Her shy eyes and slightly bent-down face could not hide the sun that filled the room when...

Ever here. Ever near. I used these words to close the message I sent to inform family of Lisa’s new challenge. I used them to emphasize...

I vividly remember when I first heard “new normal” used as a way to adapt to a world turned upside down. It was right after 9-11. Jill...