I still have to slightly bend to the right for my hand to meet my little girl’s upward stretching fingers. She can walk on her own now, though it’s a bit agonizing to watch her progress, each step holding the possibility of a skinned knee. She is much more stable when we hold hands, so we do, and...

Apologetics is usually a term that conjures up a weighty, wrenching sensation in my stomach. I have to admit my biases. I envision images of pointed fingers, King James Bibles, Chick tracts and loud Christianese. You know – the language of overly zealous Christians who want you to see their way...

Let me preface this piece by stating that there are followers of Jesus who are doing amazing things and living the gospel in accordance to how it is written.  These people are giving all of themselves to Christ, living generously, and caring selflessly for the oppressed.  I worry, however, that caring...

When I was younger, I only wanted one thing. To be a wife and a mother. I wanted children, four to be exact. It was difficult to pick a major in college because strangely enough, they didn’t offer a family and marriage major. They must have been behind the times, or maybe I was. Every year as my...

Tonight at church the age old questions of “Why do bad things happen?” came up in regard to Haiti. It’s a tough one to answer.  Our group of very sharp, philosophical, theological college students struggled with it for over an hour, and after I left some were still planning on continuing...

In the past couple of weeks, the staggering images from the demolishing earthquake in Haiti have melted our hearts. And as Americans, we quickly search for ways to help, even from a distance of over 2000 miles. However, in order to fully grasp the challenges that lie ahead, it is important to better...

Hope in the midst of chaos is a great aspiration and something we can all believe in — until we’re in the midst of chaos.   This is how I felt today as I read an article by Robin Cook, the prolific author and surgeon, on the fictionalized version of a new global pandemic that he conjectures...