The Ultimate Sacrifice


I never imagined my life looking like this. I never imagined having 2 babies in heaven, being 3 open heart surgeries in, but also having the most beautiful daughter sleeping soundly in her bed at this moment, with a husband who is my biggest cheerleader. Even though I couldn’t feel more blessed with the gifts…
I don’t know about you, but the Old Testament can leave us wondering, “what does this mean”? How does this tie into the whole story of the Gospel? Having gone to a Bible college, I thought I would have some of this figured out, but sometimes while reading a passage, I find myself asking the…
This Christmas will always be etched in my heart. When I think about what Christ’s birth has done to my life, I realize that it was his birth, death, and resurrection that gave me hope, while lying on that operating table. It was those very events that played through my mind, wondering if they would…
Brace yourselves moment! Kristin finished a large fiction book – Redeeming Love (by Francine Rivers) I surprised myself as well, but I had people keep telling me that I needed to read that book; now I know why. It’s a tear jerker. It’s amazing how God can use a fiction book to stir the heart…
Acts 17:26-27 says, “And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, 27 that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from…
It was a typical Saturday afternoon at the Sterks. The Michigan versus Purdue football game was showcased on our TV screen as we cheered on the undefeated Wolverines. With the score 28-0 and the maize and blue well in charge, the TV panned to an on-field announcer coming out of a timeout. She reiterated what…