“I don’t believe everything happens for a reason,” said one of the speakers at a funeral that my husband and I attended a couple of months ago, a funeral that had come about as the result of a tragedy. The speaker explained that accidents happen and he didn’t believe God causes such tragedies, but that God is our source of comfort and strength in such times...

My husband has been lovingly calling me “the butterfly whisperer” because of my many butterfly encounters this year. And after two dragonflies landed on my hand last week, my son remarked in all seriousness that there seems to be something the butterflies and dragonflies know about me, like they know that I’m safe...

There once was a little girl who had a big heart. She loved God, she loved His creation, and she loved people. But along life’s journey, her big heart was broken and shattered many times over, until all that remained were tiny pieces. Without her heartbeat's compass, she lost her way, and she lost herself. But God never lost her...

“We’re already starting to lose it,” my husband remarked in reference to the beautiful fern his mom had given me for Mother’s Day. He pointed out a couple of fronds as evidence…

As I read the following points in a Bible study last month, I was reminded of something I heard a pastor say several years ago - how the Christian walk should be a dance instead of a march...