2020

One of my former students asked me to write about marriage. I’m not sure if what follows is what she wanted, but here are my thoughts after celebrating eighteen years of marriage to David earlier this month. Like most things in my life, it all comes back to a particular book. At the center of […]

If there was only one thing my students and my own children could learn from me, I would want it to be this – the way of man is not in himself. Do you know how much headache and heartache we are saved when we follow God’s good and perfect law?! He gives us rules […]

Our human “let us” mindset is running rampant right now, but as I look at Scripture and history, the “let us” mentality has existed since Genesis 3 when Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden. Our first parents tried to usurp God’s authority and humanity has been doing the same thing ever since. A quick […]

A mom of toddlers saw me reading at our neighborhood pool and asked me if the day would ever come when she would be able to sit at the pool and read. I laughed and told her I remember wondering the same thing when my boys were little. I happen to be in a season […]

My Biblical hero is Jochebed, Moses’s mother (Exodus 6:20). This woman had faith and fight. Jochebed was a Levite woman of Israeli descent living with her people in Egypt. The Israelites were slaves to the Egyptians. Jochebed finds herself pregnant and gives birth to a son, Moses. Pharaoh gives an edict to kill every Hebrew […]

The 2019-2020 school year ended like none of us would have ever dreamed or imagined. If you are a teacher or student, you understand that relationships on screen are taxing and you appreciate more than ever the adrenaline we all receive from interacting face to face on our school campuses. I grieve the loss of […]

‘Wash your hands’ and ‘eat your greens’ were frequently said by my dad when I was growing up. Fortunately, he instilled more in me than good hygiene and healthy food choices, like a love for the Carolina coast, Carolina Beach music, the importance of communication and heritage, and how to throw a football, read a […]

Before the severity of the coronavirus hit Nashville, I journaled these words on March 8 – ‘Sports leagues are getting away with robbing families of their Sabbaths, family time, and getting kids in bed at a decent time. No one stands up and does anything about it. I wish someone would pull an Eric Liddell.’ […]

I’m learning the Christian life boils down to submitting and surrendering to the Lordship of Christ. Believers are called to submit and surrender to Jesus all throughout Scripture. I saw this calling to submission and surrender when recently reading through John 8. May we now (and always) turn to God’s Word with the same posture […]