God is in control. We say that, but sometimes it’s hard to believe it with the whole world seems to be coming unhinged. In this episode of Live Like It’s True I’m talking with military spouse, Beth Runkle, about a section of Sarah’s story that...
What does it mean to leave and cleave in today’s world? What happens when we don’t? Whether you’re about to be married, you’ve been married for years, or you have adult children who have said, “I do,” this episode offers wisdom for...
This post first appeared on, where I serve as one of the bloggers. I braced myself as I walked in the door. I knew it would be dark, so dark that I’d have to squint to read the faded gray numbers on the price tags. And I knew it would be loud, so loud that I’d have...
This past week, I led a breakout session at the Speak Up Conference, titled “Self-Promotion: Greedy or Godly”. And what a perplexing, complicated topic it is–especially for bloggers, writers, and speakers. Even as I wrote the first sentence of this...
“Your destination is on the right,” my GPS announced from its perch on the dashboard. “It is?” I asked out loud. I was on a country road in the middle of nowhere. And I was supposed to be at a church. Speaking. In 10 minutes. I was already...
“We’re such hypocrites,” my son told my husband quietly. He said ‘we’, but he was really talking about me. Earlier that evening, when the kids were swimming in the pool, I walked into the laundry room and said, “Grrrrr!!!! There is...
A friend was recently giving me an update on how it’s going–now that his oldest child is behind the wheel. He said he grips the door handle and yells a lot, and it seems to be working!I laughed and told him I’d have to try his grip-n-yell technique....
Last year, 5,581 mail carriers were attacked by dogs. But I sincerely doubt that our mailman was one of them.Of course, my opinion has only been formed only by what our little dog thinks of the mailman. And it’s true that our dog pretty much likes everyone.But...
I was a new wife. He was my new husband. And I returned his Christmas gift.It was a jewelry box–one of those big wooden ones–and he spent a fortune on it. But he encouraged me to take it back if I didn’t really like it.I thought I was being...
Last Sunday morning, Ken and I made a spontaneous stop at a bagel shop. As we waited in line, we chatted cheerfully about our plans for the day–happy to be together. But when it was our turn… well, that’s when the happy-go-lucky turned to...