Wednesday, June 17Missing In the movie Julie and Julia, there is a scene where Julia (who played by actress Meryl Streep) is walking in a park with her husband. A couple passes by them, walking in the opposite direction, pushing a baby stroller. As Julia looks over at the stroller, her smile fades into a […]

Tuesday, June 16Not Alone  Jeff Manion’s mother died in a car accident when he was just twelve years-old. It happened in the season between Thanksgiving and Christmas. While they were very sad about the death of their mom, God provided for Jeff and his siblings in surprising ways during that time. People from church started sending them […]

Monday, June 15Answered Prayers Brent and Sonia have four children. Their oldest child, Kaci, is seventeen and has a severe form of autism that she can only speak one word at a time. Sometimes, she hits and kicks and bites, hurting other people and herself.Brent and Sonia have asked God to heal their daughter, Kaci, but that hasn’t happened, […]

Friday, June 12Ability Nancy Eisland is a sociologist and theologian with a disability. People sometimes say to her, “Won’t you be glad to be in heaven someday and not have your disability any more?” She says to them, “No. My disability taught me who I am and who God is. What would it mean to […]

Thursday, June 11Providence There is this big word that Christians use to describe how God cares for us. It is “providence”. God is telling the stories of our lives. Providence is the idea that God is showing how good God is through the stories of our lives.  Each of us is part of a bigger story that […]

Wednesday, June 10Rest Danny was a man who lived with Down Syndrome. One day, after Danny returned home from visiting his heart doctor, a friend asked him where he had been. “To see the doctor,” Danny replied. “And what did the doctor do?” his friend asked. “He looked into my heart,” Danny said. “And what […]

Tuesday, June 9The Speed of Love The average speed at which a human being walks is three miles per hour. Obviously, this is much faster for some of us (toddlers), and slower for others of us (the exhausted parents of toddlers) but three miles per hour is the average.  Love has a speed. It is […]

Monday, June 8Time  Clocks have been around a long time, but the way we use clocks today is a more recent development. The first mechanical clocks had a specific purpose: to help people structure their days in ways that were faithful to God. The Middle English word clok comes from the Dutch and German words for bell. […]