Outside of salvation in Christ, fellowship with the Holy Spirit, and wisdom in the word, one of God’s greatest gifts is friendship. Some friendships always stay surface and others are deeper, life-long, and life-giving. I’m thankful for every person God intersects my life, but especially these latter type of friendships. I’m thankful my family also…

Today has been a pool day mixed with neighborhood water park and multiple daily storms. In between the rain there are moments to squeeze in and jump in the fun. It’s a reminder that we have the daily choice to grumble or be grateful. “Yet he commanded the skies above and opened the doors of…

Today was a typical travel day, which after yesterday we were thankful for typical. After morning breakfast send off with friends we drove the rest of the trip to our destination. Rain was frequent on the drive, but we still made good time. The road trip included lots of music, conversations, car games, some napped,…

Day one of our trip away has come with some unexpected gifts. The check engine light came on in our van. Based on some other symptoms, it wasn’t just a false alarm. As you know, when a warning light flashes across your dashboard, you have the choice to take immediate care or have worse issues…