I was assembling several heavy-duty steel shelving units. Over the years, I’d put together numerous pieces of Ikea furniture, a breeze compared to the task before me. The directions were complicated, and the parts didn’t want to fit together smoot...

One of the simplest meanings of grace I’ve heard over the years is this: the act of receiving what you don’t deserve. And in the case of salvation, it is a gift from God we simply do not deserve.

After about 12 hours of non-stop bombing, the panic attacks wouldn’t stop. I couldn’t catch a breath, I couldn’t stop the shaking of my hands, I couldn’t bring my heart rate down. The words of my husband, “you are safe, we are safe” did nothing to...

It was God’s grace that I didn’t kill the air conditioner guy.