About five years ago, I accepted a challenge from a friend who had made it her personal goal not to watch more TV than she spent time in God's Word. Accepting that challenge has changed my life. I had long been a student of God's Word, but over the past few years I've fallen more and more in love with His Word—and deeper in love with Christ. My hunger and thirst for knowing God—not just … [Read more...]

A few years ago I wrote a novel, THE DEBT, about what happens when a famous TV preacher's wife unexpectedly meets the son she gave up for adoption long before she became a Christian. That story came to me all in a rush, and I knew the Lord was in it because it convicted me. I have always believed, you see, that Jesus meant what He said when he prayed, "I pray not that you take them out of the … [Read more...]

My husband and I recently returned from a trip to the UK, fulfilling travel plans made and cancelled more than two years before. We were so thankful to be able to visit England again, and felt oddly privileged to be there when Queen Elizabeth died—to be able to watch the news with locals and to witness their heartfelt reactions firsthand. While we were “across the pond,” one of the places we … [Read more...]