Your Most Important Relationship

In 1998, when I met my husband, I recall waiting with great hope and anticipation that he would call me and ask me out on a date. Thankfully, he did. After we started dating I remember counting the days until I would get to see him again. I didn’t care where we went. It didn’t […]
Servant or Self Promotion?

My father was staying with my husband and I while recuperating from an emergency quadruple bypass surgery. I was thankful he was alive but felt overwhelmed with caring for him in such a fragile state. My Dad is a man’s man, a former police officer, and he was not about to have his only daughter […]
What Defines You?

The place where I grew up is a wide spot in the road surrounded by Central Illinois cornfields. Whenever I would hear someone give directions to our little town they would inevitably say, “Don’t blink or you will miss it.” That wasn’t far from the truth. As a teenager, I was convinced life was happening […]
We Can Know the Bible & Not Know God

I met my husband in 1998. After nearly 19 years together I can say with confidence that I know him well. For instance, I can tell what kind of mood he is in by the way he answers the phone. I can retell the most significant events in his life. When we go to a […]