l'chaim   to LIFE   לחיים

(Thank you to our dear daughter, Bailey June, for sharing her poetry.) For Jake Red. The color of your little boots, feet on the wrong...

Just as lighthouses guide ship and boat captains through rough waters, each of us needs to find guiding lights to help us navigate life.

Happy Father’s Day Dad, I love you. We all love you. This Father’s Day, hundreds of miles away, I will attempt to articulate exactly why...

Becoming a parent is pretty amazing, but mothers definitely have a unique perspective. Whether by adoption or by birth, becoming a mother...

This season of death has made the reality of the resurrection and the absolute necessity of a RISEN Savior all the more real to me. He IS...

When I was little I used to think that concrete roads were made of mashed, baked banana. How ridiculous is that?! I learned early on that...

Do not imagine that you in your comfortable life will escape the evil repercussions of a culture that kills their unwanted...

“Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have...

Set apart. This is what "sanctify" means. From the very beginning, God set things apart. Light, darkness. Male, female. Six days, the . . .

As I anticipate this beautiful milestone—our first child being married—I have been contemplating his childhood, knowing full well that a...

What someone or something is called does not change their innate characteristics or attributes.

What brings you joy? Being surrounded by trees and mountains? Being by a river, lake or ocean? Digging in the dirt? Planting seeds?

The reality is that even if the baby cannot live after we separate mother and baby, there is a undeniable difference between a doctor...

Just like faith is a choice illustrated by action, so is love. Too many people misunderstand love simply as an emotion and allow feelings...

The beauty is that, as humans, though we may think beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are right about something, sometimes new facts lead...

Today, Scott Spry and I celebrate our wedding anniversary. Here follows a photo essay of a special weekend we just spent together in . . .

My superhero husband Scott earnestly, graciously and lovingly supported my 50th birthday 50-mile plan, scouting the route and meticulously

Today is my 50th birthday...WISH ME A HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Please make a donation HERE to THIS pregnancy care center, where I volunteer.

As broken as we and this world are, there is still amazing beauty and the capacity for immense love and joy. Some of the most intense...

Bailey has always been bold and adventurous, giving us thrills and chills along the way...We did a lot of praying those days. Always have...