Is this how it happens? Does abundance come after there’s a breaking of some sort? Then there’s a blessing? I’ve been broken plenty of...

In March of 2011, I discovered I had an aggressive breast cancer. Suggestions came from a few friends to go to Little Rock or St. Louis....

We had waited for years for the road to be resurfaced. It happened this summer, and we were proud of the scenic road we traveled to...

It’s August. The land thirsts. Leaves of the willow, yellowing. No air moving. But at five in the evening the wind marches our way. Not...

I love the mysterious, little stones that strangers and children leave on benches, mailboxes, porches. Words like Love, Believe, Courage,...

I’ve waited a long time, longer than most authors, searching for options on what to do with a book that’s sold-out, the publisher...

I sense that something big is going on, but my husband only says, “I want to let Alex and Zach do some driving today.” (They obtained...

Someone gave us a box of food recently, maybe $100 worth! My reaction, big eyes. My thought was something like What?! “No big reason,”...

After church we look up at the sky—clouds, brewing overhead. A quick decision. We’ll go to the Dollar Store, less than 10 miles away. A...

“What?!” I didn’t say it in panic. More like astonishment. When my husband and I were talking, he reminded me that some of my high school...