By Grace Alone

When preparing for Tadesse and Biruk to come home from Ethiopia, one of tasks I really enjoyed was purchasing the shoes, clothing, bedding...

Our house is chaotic. While there's a TV blaring in one room, there's an argument going on in the next, and someone's listening...

This morning I am writing my blog from vacation, from one of my favorite spots: Leech Lake in northern Minnesota. We're over halfway th...

When Jerome and I were married, his mom gave me something that was precious to him a long time ago: a security blanket. A pink security bl...

This morning instead of going to our regular worship service at Bethany, my family hopped into the Suburban a little earlier than normal an...

This morning I took my somewhat customary stroll down the driveway with Elijah's dog Shadow. As she frolicked about and sniffed at ever...

Yesterday afternoon my son Caleb graduated with a bachelor's degree from Iowa State University. Besides the fact that he looked dapper ...

Last night Tadesse and Elijah played a made-up (Elijah's forte) football game (Tadesse's forte) using a balloon. This is unusual ...

As I was driving home through the spring sunshine today and listening to the glorious sound of melting snow as it splashed up and hit the c...

Today I am going to share something with you that I said I wouldn't. We had planned to keep Tadesse and Biruk's past mostly a priva...