He Restored Me to My Right Mind

He Restored Me to My Right Mind

Years ago, I read the story of the demoniac in Mark 5 and felt chills run through me. I knew this man. Not literally, of course. But I knew something about living among the tombs. I knew something about being so wounded, so dysregulated, so lost in survival that the...

The Secret of Faith

The Secret of Faith

Have you ever noticed that the happiest Christians aren’t usually the ones talking about how much faith they have? Instead, they talk about how good God is. That’s an important distinction. Sometimes we become so concerned about whether our faith is strong enough that...

A Forever Friend

A Forever Friend

My husband Daniel and I just returned from a one-week trip to West Virginia from our home in Illinois. There was a wedding to attend on the last part of our trip, but we arrived earlier, just to visit friends. It had been four years since we’d seen some of them, but...