With Ashley it had never been her poor choices as a young adult that made things hardest for all of them. It had been the way she cut herself off from the family, believing herself to be the black she...
Why am I doing this to myself, God? She looked into her own eyes and waited. But she heard no divine answers, nothing but the roar of shame and guilt that came with every
Whatever the future held, she didn’t need to be afraid. Good and bad times were a part of life. As her dad always said, This too shall pass. And through the years that had been true. Nothing stayed th...
There’s nothing like watching your children grow up, watching them become the people God created them to be.
Somewhere along the path...a special sort of the love had taken root. An now it was deep enough that they could no longer ignore it, no longer spend an afternoon together without somehow acknowledging...
Exactly. Irma nodded, thoughtful. I always figured that was because our greatest temptation wouldn’t be the big guns on the sin list — murder and theft and the rest. But something so simple we might o...
Did that mean God wasn’t listening to them? That He hadn’t heard their prayers? Would Jordan and Heidi really come and live with Faith and her family? How would
Back in his dating days, a man didn’t go to a woman’s house if she lived alone. He might pick her up at the front porch, but he wouldn’t go inside. Propriety ruled.
Being a Christian oftentimes meant walking through dark places in the journey and living only on an unseen, unfelt faith.
Perfect is God’s job. She released Cheryl’s hand and reached for Tyler’s. You’ll live your life a lot happier if you stop trying to be perfect. Do your best for Jesus. When you fall short, He’ll carry...
In every way that mattered, he was still married. There was no room in his heart for someone new, no matter how kind or enjoyable she was to be with.
The Flanigan family had a love that could laugh through anything, a love that knew no color barriers or resentment.