The Long Drive Home

Is stress from a long drive home with kids yelling in the back seat legit? What do you DO with that when you get home and it’s time for bed? How you you discipline when that’s on your shoulders? How do you love? How do you let go? God help me. Take my...

Big Days, Small Days

There are days so big that you wake up with butterflies in your stomach. And then there are days when you really don’t even see the point of waking up at all. The heart of the matter, though, is that every “today” is part of “tomorrow.”...

Why Do I Run?

There are quite a few things I really enjoy doing. Running is not one I’d typically include on that list, for a number of reasons. It’s hard. I’m overweight. And right now, in July in Indiana, it’s hard to find a time when it’s not hot...

Casting Cares and Unloading Burdens

Today I had to take Jesus serious on His offer to give me rest by casting my cares on Him and taking His yoke upon myself. I seem to be in a phase of life where I’ve got a lot of things weighing down on me over the course of a week. You know the drill, probably:...