The Greatest of These Is Love

Our pastor is preaching a series on brotherly love, directly from 1 Corinthians 13. Yesterday morning, as I sat in my seat, soaking up Pastor Kevin’s words – words spoken as if they were just for me – I couldn’t help but reflect on God’s love and how I fall short of demonstrating His love [...]

The Five Languages of Love

When Ray and I were newlyweds, we studied a book called The Five Love Languages. In this book, Gary Chapman explains the different ways in which people react to others, based on actions and words, thus resulting in changes in our “love tanks.” Chapman spent an entire chapter in his book explaining how the love [...]

10 Years Ago

We became husband and wife on that squeltering August evening, ten years ago today. I vowed to love, honor, and cherish him for all the days of my life. We became a new family. Just the two of us. We began a journey. A wonderful journey. And now, ten years later, I love him more [...]

First Kiss

Over the course of more than two years, he had become my best friend. Letters and phone calls, sent over the many miles that separated us, created a bond that was unbreakable. 11:47pm February 17, 1997 Tonight, the miles that typically separate us did no longer. He was here with me, if only for a [...]

Only then

We stopped for donuts on the way to church this morning. We were running late, as usual, so Ray ran in to make the purchase while I sat in the car with the kiddos. “There are a lot of people dressed for church, Mom,” Zach observed. “There are, aren’t there?” “Yes, and a lot of [...]