The 30 day challengeI invited my son to a 30 day challenge of reading Matthew 5-7 (because I'm still THAT mother, even when the son is 30). After standing on...
Owing loveDo you know what the word owe means? It means to have an obligation to pay. In Romans 13:8, Paul says this obligation can be summed up...
Beautiful feetIn verses 14-15 of Romans 10, Paul begins a series of how questions: How will they call on Him? How will they believe in Him? How will...
A letter in the mailThere's nothing I love more than getting a hand-written letter in the mail, especially if it's from my boy. I'm not talking about the...
Saving the worldMy dad has used this phrase with me often, "Stacy, you can't save the world". I know what he means. And in his "I'm still your dad...
Shelling peasI was reminded of how important a story is as I walked the streets of a village in Haiti years ago. I met a woman who sat with other...
Missing the ones you loveI miss Ecuador. I miss the villages of the Shuar. I miss the mountains, and the waterfalls, and the wind blowing softly across the...
The Statue of LibertyThis was my favorite part of a trip I had taken to visit my sister. It stirred so many emotions in me. People of every race gathered...
An Airport of TwoI am sitting in an airport, waiting for my flight back home, and they are sitting across from me.I think they've been together for a...
The Hopeless CathedralTo drive beside it and see its whole, you must tilt your eyes north and south. It is majestic and vast; a mass that can be seen among...