Boldly I Pray
I had the amazing privilege of meeting Helen Jean Parks while living in Dallas, Texas, and I hope you will enjoy reading a bit of her story and her...
Category: Hope and Joy
Dancing in the Darkness {The Grove: Dance}
A year ago I found myself in a deep well. This well was so deep I couldn’t see the sky. Even if I could have seen it, I wouldn’t...
It All Matters
If someone came to me with the request “teach me to dance” I’d have nothing. Nothing. I can’t do the two-step, the tango, the twist. None of them. I’d...
Living an Opposite Kind of Life
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate...
Shalom in Real Life
Shalom. We all long for it, but it seems elusive, doesn’t it? Shalom is the Hebrew word for peace. It is a very rich word...
An Easter Message of Hope
Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected—a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised and...
A Living Redemption {The Grove: Redeem}
In life, all of us take our turns trying to answer difficult questions. Deep questions like, “How can a good God allow pain and suffering?” Or some far less...
All Things
A few years after my husband and I got married, we moved away from family to go to seminary. Both my husband and I were taking graduate classes and...
Hold Fast to Hope
As a kid there was this boy in town that we called Baltha Dorch. Baltha means "stupid" and it was easy to tell that he had some mental difficulties....
A Virtual Scrapbook of Grace {The Grove: Treasured Up}
Thank you so much to those who have already given to our year-end campaign! We are excited to report we have raised $12,197.00 so far! Make sure you head over...
