>The book of Ruth is small. So small, in fact, that in my 90 day reading through the Bible, it does not even have its own day. It’s couched on […]

>Recently I was strolling along the battery and waterfront with two friends discussing what type of boat best represents our personalities and/or lives. Though I’d like to be a sailboat, […]

>Deep thoughts from my brother Lincoln: Lincoln: “Rachel. Sometimes you just have to eat the chicken.” Me: huh? Lincoln: “the chicken….before it goes bad.” Me: “what chicken?” Lincoln: “the chicken […]

>My dearest friends Hannah and Joanna (aka JoHannah) came to visit last weekend! Joanna is home from Jordan (yes…the Middle East) for the summer and Hannah needed a break from […]

>I have this constant feeling currently of missing something, forgetting something, or just not getting the whole picture. You know…the feeling of having something on the tip of your tongue […]

>Hypothermia is where I’ve been for the last few weeks…. I knew to be on guard against hardening my heart or growing bitter… but I was blind-sided with feelings of […]

>Some days I wonder how long it will take me to go back overseas. Some days I remember how hard it was to be over there and I half tell […]

>My dad is an excellent picture of the way my Heavenly Father cares for me. There are countless verses throughout Scripture that speak to this concept, but Isaiah 25:4 is […]

>I thought for a while I was entering a new era of life. I allowed myself to be caught up in a few careless comments and actions. I dove wholeheartedly […]

>During Grandma’s era of magic cereal, strawberry jello, chalk pictures sprayed with hairspray, and typing on her old typewriter, Grandma gave each of the grandkids a set of notepads with […]