Category Archives: Alisa Hope Wagner

Water Burden

It is spring, so I enrolled my kids in swim lessons. Since I have three kids, I played with two of them in the pool while the third was in a lesson. Each lesson was half an hour long, and I enjoyed the dynamics of having just two kids toRead the Rest…

The Sour Student

“A higher state of mind and spiritual vision can only be achieved through the higher practice of personal character. If you live up to the highest and best that you know in the outer level of your life, God will continually say to you, ‘Friend, come up even higher.’” —Read the Rest…

Carried Joy

My family and I were at an amazing water park on a hot day during summer break. It was one of those parks that had a multi-level fort with water shooting out of every nook and cranny. Sprays erupted from the ground like geysers, and water tumbled down in intricateRead the Rest…

Ridiculous Belief

  God called Moses to tell Pharaoh to release the Israelites from slavery (Exodus 3.8). This demand is borderline ludicrous because the entire infrastructure of Egyptian economical and social systems pivots on having free labor. Allowing the Israel people to just walk away from the Egyptian nation would be likeRead the Rest…

Bushy Eyebrows

While my husband drove us home from church, I sat irritated in the passenger seat. The sermon was amazing as usual – all about expecting “greatness” from God. This reminder used to encourage me; but after six years of waiting for God to publish my first book, I felt disillusioned.Read the Rest…