BLOG––Encouraged by Faith

  After picking up Chinese takeout recently, our kids were reading their fortunes. I don't remember exactly what Evan's fortune said, but it had to do with success (as fortune cookies often do). He asked us, "What is success?" What followed felt like a Spirit-led conversation...

Just a little over a month and a half ago, my sense of smell returned for the first time in a year. I pulled the top off a pot of steaming broccoli and opened the oven to remove baked salmon and I ... could ... smell ... them!!!!!!   I was reduced to tears––as I...

During the Christmas season, my mind naturally drifts toward the account of Christ’s birth in Luke 2, and the lines from Isaiah, Micah and Amos. The belief in the incarnation of Christ is at the very heart of the Christian faith, and without it, we would not have the death nor...

Three ways to build a better prayer life  Failure can be a wonderful tutor of faith. I learned this well when my mother-in-law died. In the moments following her death, I stood next to her bed with family and tried to absorb what had just happened. At some point, my sister-in-law turned...

Humility can be an endearing quality. While arrogance is offensive and repugnant to many, genuine humility draws others. Maybe this is because humility is not threatening. Humility may be thought of as profound strength mastered by genuine love. Practicing humility requires a conscious effort...