If You Can’t Find Gratitude, Look for Joy

My youngest son lines up the dominoes just so. He is working on our oval-shaped coffee table and he has spent many quiet minutes setting up each domino to create a swirling loop. My job is to hit the record button on my phone, ready to catch the toppling action and play it back in […]

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How God transforms our trash into his treasure

As I was in the shower one day last week, Henry, my five year old, poked his head around the door. “Mommy? Where’s that empty box of cereal?” Uh oh. “I threw it away!” I said. “It’s in the dumpster now!” I couldn’t see his face from behind the shower curtain but I could hear […]

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How to find grace in the new year

We’re a few days into January and I’ve been bombarded for what seems like weeks with messages about becoming a new and better version of myself in the new year. Between magazines at the checkout aisle, to TV commercials, to my email inbox, even to my Instagram feed, everyone wants to tell me how to […]

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