“Should we stop for something to eat?” I asked my husband, when we had finished loading up the van. We were on our way home from a retreat. I got to share my poetry and then offer my…

I couldn’t believe it. I had to see for myself. I finished gathering all the spices I needed. It was the last thing I could do to honor him. I wipe the tears from my face. Peter must…

I sat across from her with hope, maybe this counselor would help me. I knew the drill. I pour out my hurting heart, she tells me what she thinks. And then she said words I had not heard…

Who do you need to forgive? You probably don’t have to think long when this subject comes up. You can already visualize the person. And just in case you come up empty, let me ask you this question. If you…

I almost became a widow three times. I don’t say this lightly. I have had to work through layers of anger and resentment. But God has helped me do just that. How could my husband do this to…

Everyone needs hope. I didn’t recognize the caller on my ID. Still, I picked up the phone. “I was wondering if there was a Pete Peterson there,” the woman said. Wrong numbers happen. But I didn’t hang up.…

The day starts out fine. Things look okay and then before you know it your heart starts racing. You’re anxious, but don’t know why. You’re pretty sure if you don’t do something, you will work yourself into an…

We live in a world that lacks hope. Trials, sickness, loss abounds and people sink beneath its heavy load. Without hope people despair. Hope gives people a vision of how things could be.  Proverbs 13:12 says Hope deferred makes the heart sick,…

The holidays are approaching. Tis the season for giving, right? Many people know how to give. But there are times we find ourselves thinking we are giving, when we’re not. How to be an authentic giver is a tricky…

I noticed her name in my worn out address book. You remember address books, don’t you? They are something from the past. I hadn’t thought about her in a long time. I wondered how she was, what was…

What happened? You used to believe God for anything. People would even come to you and ask you to pray. But lately, you feel like your prayers are going up as far as the ceiling and just staying…

Death. The true thief. It comes without warning and snatches away those who are important to us. And even when we know our loved one is ill, that their death is imminent, we still hope, that just maybe…

Sales. Likes. Followers. I’m sick of using the same old measuring sticks. Those are not the things that made me want to be a writer. Not at all. So what if you really are a success, right now? And you…

I thought I would try. What did I have to lose? So I typed in my question, What do caregivers need? What I didn’t know was that I would still be getting responses 14 hours later. So here…

This post has been previously published on P.S I Love You You may have heard the saying, “time heals all wounds.” Well, it’s not true. When you lose a loved one, grief is painful, but the whole process…

I am a jumper. Not someone who jumps out of airplanes or off bridges with bungee cords wrapped around me. I jump to conclusions. I take something I hear and within a matter of moments I have it…

You know it’s time to declutter when you are in a group of people and you open your mouth and the wrong words pop out. Come on, I know I’m not the only one who’s ever done this.…

People pray on bended knee, opening their hearts to God, asking him for a myriad of things: healing of cancer, a job after all these months, a buyer for their house in a frozen market, the end of…

Something seemed different. Walking into the Bible study, I saw that Al wasn’t leading as usual. He and Jeanie must be visiting their baby, I thought. Still, there was a quietness that hung over the room. One that…