Number 4
Dear Eli, Happy Birthday. You'd be four today. Daddy and I love you so much and we miss you with a passion. The ache in our hearts have eased, but it's still a bit achey. Especially the next couple of days. If you were…
When I was in college, a boy and I broke up. Looking back on it, it seems so trite and I wonder why it consumed a couple of years of my life, but there is one significant thing that I was taught. One day…
Dear Ellison, You are three! THREE! We can hardly believe it. It's been a fast, eventful, fun three years with you around. You are an amazing little girl filled with spunk, joy, laughter, hugs, kisses, lipstick and just enough craziness to make it even…
Isaiah 53 1 Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had…
Lay down this principle as a law-God does nothing arbitrary. If He takes away your health, for instance, it is because He has some reason for doing so; and this is true of everything you value; and if you have real faith in Him,…
A couple of years ago, Tullie started mimicking people. We'd raise our hand. She'd raise her hand. She was trying really hard to copy just about every simple gesture that we would do. One night we were sitting at dinner with a friend who…
Several years ago, our pastor, Mark Driscoll, was at a conference and shared this list of the differences between the Gospel and Religion. It's been hanging on my fridge for years. The paper is spotted and crinkly and stained. I thought I'd share the…