I’m geographically challenged. You don’t want me to give you directions to get anywhere. I get turned around in a shopping mall! It’s not...

I learned an important lesson about time that I should have learned a long time ago. You can’t make time; you can’t really save time;...

Trying to please people with different taste buds is a major challenge in a family, even of three. More than once I placed something new...

It was Sunday morning and I was listening to a piano solo on Pandora. The melody called me, haunted me actually. Usually I don’t pay...

This week thousands of Nazarene teens will gather in Louisville, Kentucky for a concentrated time of spiritual commitment and fun. It...

The cultural reaction to the Supreme Court’s ruling on same sex marriage has not calmed any seas around me. I’m still hearing intense,...

Every time I find new books to read, take a hike, fix banana pudding, or grill on a summer Saturday night; I think of my dad. His early...

I learned something about waiting when I came down with a respiratory virus over the last few weeks. (That’s​​ why I’ve been silent in...

I didn’t wait; I worried. Knew it the minute the answer came. Knew that my fear had overwhelmed me, robbed me of resources God had wanted...

As I celebrated Mother’s Day with my family, received the cards with their special words and the gifts of extras I will enjoy; I paused...

This Mother’s Day I am thinking about my mother’s most important lessons to me. I pray my life will demonstrate their lasting impact on...

I tried to change my name once. I started writing a new name on my papers at school until my teacher told me I couldn’t. I think that’s...

Lisa celebrated an anniversary this week. It came and went so quietly that we almost missed it. It represents such determination and...

I shared my favorite character monologue with the women who attended the Oregon Pacific District Women's event last Saturday. I still...

With the journey to Easter behind me, the review of the passion of Christ, his suffering and death, I have to ask the convicting...

Norm Wright wrote this for the Easter Sunday devotional I read today in Lent for Everyone. It is perfect commentary for this day! "What...

Tall palms stand sentry. Low carob trees clutch leaf bundles. But it is the olive trees that define this place. Each trunk is a tangle...

#PalmSunday #Praise

As soon as the guide pointed to the excavated and fenced off hollow and named it, my heart pounded with awe. Pool of Bethesda. While...

Ever since making our first pilgrimage to Israel and Jerusalem, I see the story of Jesus with different eyes. That's why I've decided to...