Peace family, do rainy days make you feel blue? I was thinking this morning about how rainy days can make you wish for sunnier ones, but there are unique qualities that make a rainy day special in its own way. There is something sleep-inducing about a rainy day. The rain restores all the plants outside and gives […]

Peace family, when was the last time that you really kicked back and just focused on the goodness of God: the goodness of God’s character, but also the specific ways He has blessed you personally? I have been thinking through some of the different ways that Christians can meet up with God and encounter his […]

Peace family, here’s a little reminder today to be kind to yourself. Something I was thinking about over the weekend, is that we all understand the concept of a broken bone. We understand that it demands patience and can take several months to get back to normal. We understand how natural and important it is […]

Peace family, when you endure a painful trial and some well-meaning person says, “Don’t worry, God is just preparing you for the future,” does it make you feel even worse? It has made me feel scared and hopeless before. I would think, “Good grief! What even more horrible thing will happen to me next?” I just want to […]

Peace family, even if you feel like a scared little-leaguer batting with his eyes closed, you are still loved, regardless of your performance. Sometimes we can get so wrapped up in all that we have to do, as well as our own inability to do it perfectly, that we have trouble remembering that God loves […]

Peace family, with today as the first official day of fall, it’s time for a wonderful new season, full of wonderful new things! What are you celebrating today? What are your favorite fall traditions? One friend of mine calls this “Baking Season” and her husband calls it “Pie Season.” Many people affectionately call it Football […]

Peace family, there is an African proverb that says “The daughter of a lion is also a lion.” (Of course, this logic applies to sons as well.) If you are feeling weak, disrespected, insecure, unloved, or unprotected today, I want to encourage you to remember who your Heavenly Father is. The Bible calls Jesus “The […]

Peace family, no matter how things look over all in our lives, let’s both just take a moment to focus on the small, simple good things. I mean it! Take a deep breath. No matter how silly you feel admitting it, what is something small that you enjoy about being alive? Yesterday, I was struck […]

Peace Family, you’re in good hands and God knows your future. I hope you can truly know that today, in the depth of your guts, whether you feel it or not. Honey, Satan does not know your future. If he is speaking bad things over you today, I just want to encourage you that only God […]

Peace Family, your journey has a purpose, even if you can’t see it. I’m going to branch out onto a nerdy limb here (see what I did there?) and refer to one of my favorite works, The Lord of The Rings. Do you ever feel like you have a heavy burden strapped around your neck […]

Peace family, you will probably never forget where you were thirteen years ago, when you heard that the World Trade Center and Pentagon had been attacked by terrorists. Where were you? How did you feel? Do you know who else will never forget where he was, or how you felt? God. Take comfort in the fact that […]

Peace family, is there someone who might need encouragement from you today? Who might need to hear the words said that you love them? Who might need a hug? A dear friend of mine has been in the hospital (the picture above was taken just before she crushed me in a game of Candyland, for the […]

Peace Family, who all is on your support team? This morning, Brian was looking at a website he uses for tracking his exercise and eating habits, and we got to talking about how sometimes our friends can bring us down. In the case of getting healthier, sometimes they sabotage our healthier choices through ignorance, different […]