Category Archives: Grace

A Wretch Like Me

I wish you could join me for a church service in the prison I visit regularly. Together we’d experience praise that’s loud and joy that’s overflowing. We’d see worship that’s raw, transparent and vulnerable. An outside guest recently shared his testimony. “I was a stone cold drunk for 20 years.Read the Rest…

Dressing Our Mess

  “Every time we get dressed we tell the story of the Fall of humanity,” is a statement one of my professors made that has stuck with me (Dr. Glenn Kreider, DTS Fall semester 2011). Because in the Garden of Eden before the Fall, Adam and Eve were naked andRead the Rest…

Awesome Sauce!

At the end of October my spindly tomato plants gasped their last breath. The tomatoes’ cracked skins, rot and dark spots told of the ravages from too much rain, cooler temperatures and lessening sunlight. Although they’d be rejects at any produce market, I picked what I could and brought myRead the Rest…

There Is…Life After Adultery

During the week of my blog tour, I got a lot of tweets on Twitter about my book, Healing Your Marriage When Trust Is Broken. One of my friends, Chris Spradlin, reviewed my book on his blog and tweeted about it. There were two replies to his tweet from people IRead the Rest…

Poser? Or One of Us?

I used to be a cyclist. Twelve years ago, after a short but scary battle with cancer, I valued my health as a gift and wanted to do something with it to help others. I joined the local chapter of Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training—a group that usesRead the Rest…