A Gift from His Grief

How powerful is Jesus to meet my real needs? Last week I had a day full of the kinds of frustrations that threaten to consume me at times. You know… the days when a child’s unhappiness seems never-ending… when another person’s brokenness weighs like a hundred pounds… when my own failures fill my tolerance to the brim… when someone’s absence feels more raw than usual… when a long-held dream seems especially... Read More

Infertility Post Two: In the Beginning There Was Silence

Way back when my husband and I started to talk about marriage, we dreamily looked in each other’s eyes and said: “We’re going to have as many children as God gives us!” A few things got changed along the way. (Click here to read more or leave a comment on Infertility Post Two: In the Beginning There...)  Read More

Infertility Post One: Something Completely Different

In the next several weeks, I’ll be putting up a series of ten blog posts telling my nearly seven-year infertility story. These are written from a Christian perspective, and from a non-medical perspective. God frequently has a different plan in mind than the one we imagined. I had been considering giving up the blog, and I prayed about it, expecting God to say, “Yes, give it up.” Instead, I felt prompted to write some new things... Read More