As long as thanks is possible, then joy is always possible.

It's the greatest compliment when the writer becomes invisible in the whole process.

Going ahead in the midst of the stressful circumstances and giving thanks in that moment - you can't simultaneously feel stress and gratitude at the same time. So as a parent, to go ahead and start to give thanks to God resets the whole family.

God reveals Himself in rearview mirrors.

Parenting is about preparing children to get along with each other, to get along with you and without you, and that it's impossible to get along without God.

I think God calls us to small things, to faithfulness right where we are, to just do the next thing. I was simply writing out our family stories in my online journal, scratching out what I want to remember, what I was wrestling out with God.

A life contemplating the blessings of Christ becomes a life acting the love of Christ.