In Sickness and In Health

In Sickness and In Health

For nearly a year at the end of her life, my mother-in-law spent her days in a hospital bed. After spinal surgery exactly one year before her death, she began a rapid decline that left her progressively disabled. At first, she could transfer from her bed to a...
A Story of an Uncommon Friendship

A Story of an Uncommon Friendship

I met Lisa when my husband and I moved here seven years ago. When we moved to Chicago, my husband left his job as a pastor, but we didn’t leave our faith behind. So before we even chose a place to live, we found a church. We joined our church in its formative...
Pushing Through: The Colonies

Pushing Through: The Colonies

It’s Tuesday morning and I am teaching history to six 3rd and 4th graders in our homeschool co-op. We have been studying history chronologically, starting with the nomads back in kindergarten through all the ancient civilizations. We’ve studied about...
Pushing Through: Learning to Read

Pushing Through: Learning to Read

My daughter Natalie is learning to read. It’s not easy yet. She loves being read to: we stack up a pile of our favorites and snuggle on the couch with her two sisters or find a quiet corner of the library. There are some classics that even my almost three year...