I cannot get through this day…this hour…this minute… How many times have these words gone through my mind? So many times when I didn’t think I could get through the task ahead of me, nor did I want to. I couldn’t think of an elaborate prayer; I didn’t even know what...

Sometimes God can use a short unexpected interaction to turn our perspective on its head.  A couple of months after Lexi passed away, I found myself standing in a classroom at a nearby elementary school. Since the beginning of the school year, I had taken older...

Last weekend, eighty of us Finding Hope leaders and members met together to become encouraged that through the battle of addiction with a family member, there is always hope. The theme: “Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10 It really was nice to take some...

Why did Lexi have to struggle so? This question plagued me for many years and sometimes still does. It doesn’t seem fair. First, to be struck with a disease at the age of two that forced her to do blood checks and take shots every time she ate. Then, in her teen...

I can’t do this anymore. The pain is too great. And there is no end in sight. I don’t want to go on. It was six months after Lexi passed away. I still could not accept the fact that she was gone forever. I missed her more than my heart could bear. How do you come to...

As I drove through the early morning twilight, my stomach felt queasy and my nerves were all jumbled. Why did I agree to do this? I asked myself. I was heading to a teen drug summit, an event designed to help at-risk kids be aware of the dangers of drugs and...

Sacrifice - the act of giving up something that is valuable to you in order to help someone else, or for a greater good.  Do we ever stop to realize that sacrifice is the very heart of the Bible and truly the essence of Christian faith?  It starts early on,...

Pain - that throbbing or burning or stinging or aching that tells you there’s something wrong. Can you imagine life with no pain? Believe it or not, this is the case for some! People born with CIPA (Congenital Insensitivity to Pain) have a mutation in their genes that...

Americans spent almost 26 billion dollars on chocolates, flowers, and fancy dinners in order to celebrate love this Valentine’s Day. That’s a lot of love! Love is one of the most amazing things we get to experience as humans, and also the most confusing. What happens...

“There was a day when I died; died to self, my opinions, preferences, tastes, and will; died to the world, its approval or censure; died to the approval or blame even of my brethren or friends; and since then I have studied only to show myself approved unto God.”...