The Trip of a Lifetime The trip of a lifetime. I hate that expression. It feels so limiting, like you will have this one great experience and then everything that comes after is a let-down. As if our lives have one pinnacle against which everything before and after...
Your Dream is Not Dead "It’s a torn ACL," I whispered into the phone, choking back a sob. Dreaded words for any athlete (or parent of an athlete) to hear. When we got the news of our daughter's injury, looking back at the years of time invested, money spent, and...
On-Time Life I am "time-challenged." I have difficulty getting places on time. Always have. I believed it was just the way I was. I also thought that people who knew and loved me simply needed to accept that as part of who I am. But that day in the car with my...
Is Jesus Real to You? There are times when Jesus is more real to me than at others. And when He is the most real to me—I feel closest to Him, and inspired to live my life in a way that would please Him. When Jesus is real to me, making the right choices seems...
My father grew up in a small, peaceful village in Southeastern Europe. But in 1944, he left his possessions and the life he knew to escape the atrocious and advancing Red army. Like others who fled, my father was unable to see or appreciate the significance of his...
At the end of November we celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States. It is a time to remember God’s blessings on our nation and to recall how the first European settlers were saved through the help of Native Americans. Ever since that time, America has been a...
During a recent family trip to the Pacific Northwest, little did I realize how God would use the story of explorer John Mears and his journey to Cape Disappointment to teach me some valuable lessons about faith, perseverence, and the dangers of disappointment....
The Remarkable BodyIn the weeks it took to nurse my injured foot back to health, the Lord showed me how the larger Body of Christ—the Church—is also hindered when its members are hurting. March 2012 “I hope it’s not broken” was all I could think as I rolled around...
Sometimes we respond to changing seasons of life with a sense of dread, but when we invest our energy in fearing something in the future, we lose track of the beauty and blessings of the present. October 2011By Martha Hultgren, cfaith Staff In Minnesota,...
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