She had been involved in witchcraft, and Alice and I felt she had put a curse on us. I heard a screeching in the middle of the night that sounded like a demon leaving my roommate. A man my friend Alice was dating had sudden back pain that left him in bed some days and…
Suicidal Thoughts
After being in East Asia for a month, I woke up one night, and I couldn’t get thoughts of suicide off my mind. I went to the bathroom so as not to wake my roommate. My fingers quickly slid open my Bible, hoping to hear a Word from the Lord through whatever I randomly read…
The Shame of Depression
Crying at school is one thing, but I couldn’t stop crying! As a sophomore in high school, my teacher sent me to the school nurse, who sent me to see my mom (since she was a teacher). My mom let me stay in her office and cry it out…at first. But after one class period,…
A Sense of Solidarity
It’s not easy. I feel like by sharing my story, “depression” becomes my label. And that label has a stigma attached to it. People think, “mentally ill,” “nutcase,” “can’t be trusted,” “emotionally unstable.” It’s not like sharing about drugs or alcohol or even a rocky time in your marriage as if it were a thing…
Storybook Bibles
Within the first two years of my daughter’s life, my husband and I read through nearly 10 different Children’s Story Bibles. Ultimately we came to the same conclusion about all of them. None of them can or should completely replace actually reading God’s Word to your children. Yes, I’ll go ahead and give you an…
Joy of Serving
Recently at a family gathering, I found I would be almost done with one task when someone would holler at me, “hey, it’s time for you to do the one thing!” Then I’d nearly be done with that when someone else would holler at me, “oh, it’s time for the other thing-You’re in charge of…
If not for God…
“Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” -1 Corinthians 6:11 NLT Paul describes in this chapter of 1 Corinthians, about the wide variety of…
