May 27, 2015 | Weekly Words
Family is the strangest thing. There are, of course, the good parts of family, like how your parents have loved you through the tough times, how your siblings really get you (and your humor), how you make each other laugh until you cry, or (if you’re a parent) the...
May 20, 2015 | Weekly Words
For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a violinist. I’m not sure what first sparked that desire, but I know it’s been with me for a long time. Growing up on the mission field meant that violin was not really an option for me, but piano was....
May 13, 2015 | Weekly Words
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5 My middle child has autism. Why? I do not understand, but I know the Lord does. In my ten years of parenting this amazing creature, God has taught me more than I could...
May 6, 2015 | Weekly Words
Almost thirty-one years ago, I stood eagerly at the altar, waiting to commit my life and faithfulness to the man I loved. I wore my mother’s gorgeous wedding dress twenty-five years and three days after she had married my father. My father-in-law and my grandfather,...
Apr 29, 2015 | Weekly Words
In 2013, when I was in Beijing, China, teaching and doing missions work, I received the second worst call of my life. A call that I will never forget. My mother called and said, “Nell, you need to see if those people will send you home. Henry died this morning in his...
Apr 22, 2015 | Weekly Words
Last week was pretty momentous in my life as a woman, a minister, and a wife. On Wednesday, Sam and I found we were pregnant and expecting a baby in November. The next morning dawned my thirtieth birthday. My twenties were filled with school and searching (in America...
