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I've settled in to my last afternoon stint at our local coffee shop that sits at the base of the Blue Ridge. This is my version of Cheers. The days I come when Marsha's working, she's started my chai tea latte before I've pulled my laptop out of my tote. I begin a...

Marriage snuck up on me. Just when I decided I really knew what my 5-to-10 year trajectory was going to look like and was confident that a boy-free me was best suited for that plan--God spoke. The very first time I heard the voice of the Lord was when He whispered to...

There are about 5 years of my life that wouldn't show up on anybody's map. I held a variety of part-time jobs. Surrounded by others making a dent, I made a faint imprint. I had no visible ministry and, arguably, no impact. I had become the person I once judged. Pretty...

I'm pretty sure she was too mature to participate in the countless hours I spent with my other friends making prank phone calls on my double-sided Swatch phone, but I know for a fact we logged lots of time laying across my bed talking about our future husbands. I knew...

I loved high school. There certainly were things I could have done without, but for the most part, my memories of everything from 9th grade prank calls on double-sided swatch phones, to middle-of-the-night conversations about life and love on the beach during senior...

I love this guy.

The first time it came over me, I didn't know what to do. It was in a church service that wasn't very different from every other church service I'd attended in weeks prior. I don't remember what was sung or said from up front--in fact I'm not even sure that words were...