“We have the freedom to feel sorrow and grief.” I read this quote this week, and I let out a long sigh. “Yessss,” I whispered. Joni Eareckson Tada always ministers to me through her words – these were written in her book A Step Further, published the year I was born. I discovered Joni when I was 20 years old, fresh off of my first long illness. […]
Lessons on the True Vine from a Day of Yard Work
Last weekend, our six-year-old and I helped with some yard work. My husband was trimming trees and bushes, and he needed us to clear out the branches and leaves he cut away. Yard work is truly not my gift – especially in 90-degree heat – but I felt it was important to help. Then, as I was reading John 15 – a chapter that I’ve chosen to focus on all year long – the parallels struck me. […]
