James turned eight last week. His birthday always makes me feel reflective and thankful for how far he’s come. This year we decided to celebrate by inviting his special-needs classmates over along with a couple families from the church we are attending. As we plant Journey Church, we want to be intentional about inviting and…
After a few days of driving west and south, we arrived in Texas and stayed with my parents for a couple days until the moving truck arrived and we got the keys to the new house. This week was our first full week in Texas and there has been a lot to adjust to! The…
The future missionaries we went to seminary with had a unique quality: they felt a calling to a people group or to a specific place. Before they left the states, they studied the language and got to know the customs of the people they were going to live among. They made strategic plans to be at…
Last week I scrolled through picture after picture of friends wearing blue and proclaiming their awareness of autism. But what happens today, when I’m at the grocery store and James has a meltdown on the cereal aisle? Or when I have to lift my seven-and-a-half-year-old onto the diaper changing table at Target? When I feel like…
Life in the time of the book of Judges was hard. Again and again we read, “the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.” But even in those hard times, they were not without hope. God’s purpose would prevail. As we read in Judges chapter 3, part of that…
I’ve been seeing a therapist for a few months. A therapist who specializes in grief. Last week she said I’ve graduated, but I’m not so sure I’m done grieving. I may never be done. But I have found hope. Read more at Not Alone today …