Yesterday, for the second time since school started, a Mississippi university was on lockdown because of a reported shooter on campus. Unlike what happened at Mississippi State, yesterday's events ended in tragedy. And, we all looked around and wondered, "What's happened to the world?" My heart goes out to the students and faculty and staff at Delta State and to their ...
Faith
What I want….
I've said it before: I always miss Africa most on rainy days. It's raining today. And, my good friend and travel buddy just arrived in Kenya. WITHOUT me. It was bound to happen sometime. I'm married. She's not. I've got four kids to take care of here while she has children of her heart there. Obviously, the time would come when she could go and I could ...
Because Doing Life Alone Equals Disobedience.
I put the twins down for a nap and sent the older kids to their rooms because I needed to be alone. ALONE. I needed to think without interruption and pray and study for teaching a class this Sunday. And just be by myself. Tell me you know how I feel. Moms get very little time to themselves. Homeschooling moms get even less. I wanted to write a blog post for a change. ...
Brave Faith
I've had this post rolling around in my mind and heart for a few days, and I'm still not sure exactly how it's gonna come out. It's just one of those things that needs to, you know? I can't tell you the number of times people have told me "You're so brave!" or "You have such strong faith!" when they hear I'm planning to hop another plane to Kenya or when they hear what happened while I was ...