An Anchored Hope Note: Navigating Life with Jesus at the Helm Christmas is just around the corner, that time of the year filled with twinkling lights, gifts under the tree, candy canes, holiday parties, and ugly Christmas sweaters. For some, this is a season filled with much anticipation and excitement, but for others, it's a time that amplifies feelings of loneliness, grief, financial worry, or pain that comes from fractured relationships. Wherever you find yourself this yea

Hello and welcome! If you are new to this community, this is where I share short thoughts and resources to encourage you in your faith. Why? Because life can be hard and hope is essential. “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:23 Saving Nate Launch Less Than One Month Away From the very beginning, even before learning about my son's prenatal diagnosis, the twins’ right to life was threatened. But as their parents, my hu

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by a task or cause you believe God is calling you to? I do. When I look at the situation from a human perspective, it can seem like my efforts are attempting to accomplish the impossible. And yet, Jesus said in Matthew 19:26, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” In moments of doubt or discouragement, it's important to remember that we're not alone in our endeavors if we're walking in step with the Lord's will for ou

Last week my husband and I had the privilege to be interviewed on the Focus on the Family Broadcast, which was something I never could have dreamed of ever happening. I posted the picture below on social media, and one of my friends commented, "Impressive." The word made me cringe. Amazing opportunity to share what the Lord has done for us, yes, but impressive? No. Let me explain... The word impressive might suggest that somehow I am impressive, that somehow I did something

Over the past several weeks I’ve been preparing for a transition from my current employment into something new and unknown. I’ve been...

It was December 2020. The world had been in the midst of the Covid pandemic for nine months already and there was no end in sight. After...

What is your response in God's presence? Perhaps you can relate to the people of the Scottish Hebrides who experienced revival from 1949-52.

All in that one awful day in November—the prenatal diagnosis day—we received the full scope of the hopeless diagnosis followed by not...

A 25% chance of survival with treatment. A 0% chance without. A long litany of health complications should he survive. You might want to...

As November continues (the month marking the anniversary of my prenatal diagnosis) so does my story. November 9th arrived. I was 19 weeks...

November is the anniversary of my prenatal diagnosis. I'll never forget that day—the day we’d been eagerly awaiting like children...

It was another gorgeous summer morning—the city awash with bright sunlight against a backdrop of blue skies. I was heading down the...

Have you ever found yourself in a period of expectancy? Of waiting? Of knowing that the Lord is going to take you into a new season of life

Imagine a grocery store advertisement that trumpets: No money? No problem! Come have whatever you like—buy without money and without...

Every time I visit my husband's native land of Brazil, I marvel as my eye beholds its lush vegetation at every turn. Have you ever seen a...

The Big Comfy Couch was a children's show that first aired in 1992. I was a little too old for it, but I remember the commercials—the...

Last night I witnessed a miracle. No one was healed from an incurable disease or rose from the dead, but it was a miracle nonetheless....

Do you remember Prince Caspian, the movie based on the fourth book in the Narnia series? Well into the film, the Narnians, under the...

Years ago a friend and his family came over for dinner. As we sat around the table sharing food and conversation, the wooden chair he was...

A few weeks ago, we took our kids to watch a much-anticipated new movie of the Christmas story. We found our seats, dug into paper bags...