Paula Hummel and I grew up less than a hundred miles apart in the Upper Midwest. (Me about ten years before her, but does that really matter? Not to me!) We have some other similarities in our backgrounds, but it’s the way Paula lives her faith today that inspires me. She’s a devoted wife and… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Paula Hummel
Tag: Sisters and Friends
On the Nightstand: July 2016
So this is kind of fun. I’m not 100 percent sure what I’m reading this month. I AM sure it will be a book by Debby Giusti, and I’m excited about that! Debby is an award-winning author of inspirational romantic suspense (or, as she puts it on her web site, “Faith with an edge… cross my… Continue reading On the Nightstand: July 2016
Friends in Faith: Beth Haug
Beth Haug and my sister have been friends for decades… since right around their fifth birthdays. Beth had a special way about her when we were kids–those big, beautiful brown eyes, that sober, thoughtful nature, punctuated at just the right times with an impish grin. Beth was strong even then, growing up in a large,… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Beth Haug
On the Nightstand: December 2015
I’ve had some pretty intense conversations with friends on whether it’s harder to live for Christ or to die for him. Let’s just agree that both are extremely challenging, and that martyrdom goes on today, in more places and situations than we care to acknowledge. Perhaps Pope Francis said it best, recently calling Christian persecution… Continue reading On the Nightstand: December 2015