It had been a frazzling day. (Come to think of it, every day is a frazzling one with six kids). That Sunday we had ushered those six kids out the door early in the morning to attend worship at our “sending church”. We had scooted downtown to attend an event at the sight of the […]

“…sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool”   Psalm 110:1 It was a short verse, at that 4 am rising, but the minute I read it, it hit me: There is something about where we sit and what happens to our enemies. right there on the same page, are promises […]

But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting. (Matthew 17:21) It kept ruminating around in my head.  I personally had decided to fast multiple times over the course of the past two months, but as soon as crisis hit, or the exhaustion set in, it was just too easy to reach for […]

They were all piled on the bed. Sprawled out during our nightly family devotions. We are reading through the Bible as a family, and we’re camped out in the book of Numbers right now. I know, I know, not exactly an attention-grabber book of the Bible for little ones. But you would be surprise, how […]

This child is the Presence of Christ in my life. Not because she is a huge ministering Spirit or represents great power available, but because of what Jesus said in Matthew 25:40 “And the King will answer them, ‘ Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these […]

I wake up wanting to be God. or at least king over my little world. I wake up wanting my schedule to go according to my plan. I wake up wanting my children to behave perfectly and fall in line with that plan.  I wake up wanting no interruptions, no change of events, no extra […]

I was soaring in my short lived spurt of energy in this long, draining pregnancy. So I wanted to make the most of it and finally go visit my Muslim friend from Bangladesh who hadn’t seen my face since January (because I’ve been barely eeking out an existence). We baked her, and her disabled son, […]