When I was in high school we lived in a house that sat between a lake and a golf course. I grew up skiing, tubing, knee-boarding, and generally getting in the water as much as possible. My parents were never golfers, but the proximity of the course lent itself to some fun family runs at […]

When I was in high school my parents were very free with us. They gave clear boundaries for our Friday and Saturday nights, and then they trusted us. Both my sister and I stayed well within those boundaries, and in doing so never gave them reason to question that trust. We didn’t have a set […]

His life started rough and ended abruptly. The bit sandwiched in the middle was a picture of how God can use even the smallest, most insignificant things to bring joy and healing to His people.  My parents found Oreo on Petfinder. It’s a nationwide website that connects people looking for a pet with pets looking […]

The air in the Highlands reminds me that it’s October. Crisp, but not biting, with spurts of heat that at home would be the remainders of summer. Here they are reminders that the equator is close at hand. Technically it’s not quite rainy season, but all the characteristics are beginning to appear. The Highlands’ mornings […]

Ray walked into church Sunday morning smelling like the beach. She wore a flowery halter top sundress that barely covered her deep green cloth diaper and her shoulders still glistened from where we had applied the sunscreen. Every day she comes closer to appreciating nature, and since nature is inside church each Sunday she is […]