It’s Easter morning. I’m a teenager. Emotions are raging. My future seemed uncertain. A Scientology book sat on my desk in my bedroom—unread. The overriding imprint on my heart was fear. Fear and anxiety crippled me each day. Easter had always been one of my favorite holidays growing up—memories of Easter baskets, my mom wearing […]
Easter was the first holiday that I remember as a child. One morning I awoke and found candy on the coffee table in the living room just for me. Could there be anything better? I didn’t understand why candy suddenly emerged, but I remember loving it. Every morning after that day I ran to the coffee table […]
Being a parent is one of the hardest, or perhaps the hardest role ever. Once you become a parent all of your failures, rough edges, and nasty parts become exposed and vulnerable. We can try to hide those from our kids but just like holding our breath underwater inevitably it will pop up and we […]
Enjoy this guest post by Seana Scott, content creator, writer, speaker, and friend. When Jesus talked about his kingdom, people laughed at him. Eyes rolled. Anger seethed. The religious crowd wanted him killed because they thought Jesus “MADE HIMSELF out to be the Son of God” (John 19:7) and MADE HIMSELF out to be a […]
When I was a kid, my mother used to dress up as the Easter Bunny. I remember thinking it was the coolest thing ever, I mean, my mother was the Easter Bunny. We lived in a condominium community where there were lots of kids and on Easter in the morning they had this event for […]
I grew up with a dad who was an atheist. He still is actually. Growing up with no faith caused much angst for me as kid. My mom used to say this prayer with me, maybe you’ve heard it… “Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If […]
