The barn’s enclosed by fences lost to thorn hedges; wild walls impossible to breach. There’s a barrel of water coated with brown slime but some of us cup our hands and drink. My fingers look white but they burn. The air snaps. I jig up and down but feel surprisingly good as the sun begins to rise. Perhaps, when the worst has happened, there’s nothing left to fear. The others call the lady Miss Veronica. She says this is her brothers farm, seven miles from their closest neig

How can we witness the suffering of children and babies yet still celebrate an omnipresent God? Most of us have thought about free will. We’re free to choose what we do in every situation, even where our choices appear limited; we can apply for this job or that, allow this person into our lives or not, obey or die, heal from life’s circumstances or remain emotionally broken. God creates us capable of being and doing almost anything. We’re capable of creating a world of great

Trauma can rip up your life and scatter the pieces, but know that it never defines the deepest truth of who you are. Underneath every wound, beyond every survival strategy, there’s a quiet place that always belonged to you, even in your most tumultuous moments, even when you weren't aware of it. That place is sacred and it waits with infinite patience for your return. Healing stats with one clear decision: to treat your present life as precious. From that moment on, every tho