A Time for Lament {The Grove: Singleness}
If you are a woman completely content in your singleness, bless you, sister. Seriously, go with God and change the world right where you are, and teach us your...
Category: Relationships
Dear Single Girl
Dear Single Girl: You are not lacking. Did you know that? Has anyone told you that? All those youth group sermons where you...
Questions From a Single Nomad
My left ring finger is empty. It’s not bare: a freckle marks the spot where a ring might sit. But nothing winds around it as a reminder of a...
The Cost of the Almost-Right Way
I remember the first big ministry-related fight my husband and I had. We'd been on the field six months when he came home from a meeting and said, "So...
Loneliness’ Friends and the Gift That Makes Them Leave
I have been trying to think of a time when I felt lonely. But I can’t think of just one. Multiple ones come to mind in less than 10...
Loneliness My Old Friend
Loneliness and I are old friends. The kind of friends that, no matter the time spent apart, when we meet again it’s as if no time has passed....
Jesus Cares
God, do you really care? Do you see these tears that I have cried again? Are you tired yet of hearing me pray about the same topic? Does pouring...
The Faithful Who Stay {The Grove: Parents}
I was one of the lucky ones, one of those who had parents who prayed for me and always prayed the will of God over me. When I left in...
Loving Our Kids Through Transition
“Mom, I really miss my friends.” We’d moved to the Middle East a few months before, and my oldest – then 3. 8 years old – was really struggling...
The Mystery Box and Resurfaced Wisdom
A little over two years ago as we prepared to move back to Texas, we were packing and purging stuff from a decade’s worth of our life in China....
