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We are about to embark on an exciting new adventure. We three are absolutely smitten by this adorable new adventure. His name is Buck.

It has been a gradual transition, watching our four children launch into adulthood. Nine years ago as our first child prepared to leave...

Life can often be beautiful and rosy. Sometimes dull, lonely or exciting. And sometimes, due to reasons we can control and other times...

I was taken to a room that had three exam tables all lined up in a row. I was taken to the last one and asked to lie down...

Summer 2021 is now history. It was abundantly good. God is good. I am constantly in awe of his mercy and favor. The following photo essay...

"But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him."

Disenchantment really hit me hard when life wasn’t perfect after 8th grade. School isn’t easy, some people aren’t nice, seasonal . . .

(Thank you to our dear daughter, Bailey June, for sharing her poetry.) For Jake Red. The color of your little boots, feet on the wrong...

Just as lighthouses guide ship and boat captains through rough waters, each of us needs to find guiding lights to help us navigate life.

Happy Father’s Day Dad, I love you. We all love you. This Father’s Day, hundreds of miles away, I will attempt to articulate exactly why...

Becoming a parent is pretty amazing, but mothers definitely have a unique perspective. Whether by adoption or by birth, becoming a mother...

This season of death has made the reality of the resurrection and the absolute necessity of a RISEN Savior all the more real to me. He IS...

When I was little I used to think that concrete roads were made of mashed, baked banana. How ridiculous is that?! I learned early on that...

Do not imagine that you in your comfortable life will escape the evil repercussions of a culture that kills their unwanted...

“Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have...

Set apart. This is what "sanctify" means. From the very beginning, God set things apart. Light, darkness. Male, female. Six days, the . . .

The last time I wrote, in December, my dear husband was hospitalized for pneumonia, a complication of COVID-19. Days after he was...

As I anticipate this beautiful milestone—our first child being married—I have been contemplating his childhood, knowing full well that a...

What someone or something is called does not change their innate characteristics or attributes.

What brings you joy? Being surrounded by trees and mountains? Being by a river, lake or ocean? Digging in the dirt? Planting seeds?