We were in Stephenville, TX for a child’s soccer game. Rather than drive an hour home for lunch, we used the AroundMe app to find a place to eat. Big O’s Simply Delicious Deli popped up, with great reviews. The owner greeted us with a thick European accent. Upon asking, we learned he came to…
Do you ever feel pulled in so many different directions at once that you fear that you are about to snap under the strain? Or, maybe you feel like a pitcher, constantly being poured out of in order to fill others’ cups? In the book Gifts from the Sea, the author, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, describes woman…
How would you answer the question, “How do you grow your faith?” Considering the answer to this question in a group discussion recently, one answer was to spend more time with God, both in prayer and his word. Through the course of the discussion, the subject of trust was raised. There was an emphasis on…
Whenever someone begins to become a little whiny in my husband’s family, my mother-in-law has been known to say in jest, “Moan, Groan, Gripe, and Complain!” It is always said very lightheartedly, accompanied by a smile, and received with the good humor with which it is conveyed. But, despite the moment of levity, there is…