by Jean Wilund | Dec 11, 2023 | Blog, When Life Is Hard
Six professors who looked like they hadn’t smiled since kindergarten sat at the long conference table like frozen statues, three on each side. The department chair pointed to my seat at the opposite end of the table. I wasn’t the one standing before the six...
by Jean Wilund | Dec 11, 2023 | Blog, When Life Is Hard
We hate waiting, don’t we? We just want the moment to come! Impatience is why my mom and dad created a tradition in our family—the birthday bed present. Whenever we woke up on our birthday, we’d find a brightly wrapped birthday present at the end of our bed. The...
by Jean Wilund | Dec 7, 2023 | Blog
When was the last time you were gripped by confident anticipation? Maybe you’re eagerly awaiting a visit with a loved one. Or a special event only days away. Or perhaps you’ve waited so long for your expected moment that your anticipation has faded. You’ll be...
by Jean Wilund | Sep 5, 2023 | Blog
Are you feeling like you can’t catch up? Like you’re failing to do everything God has called you to do and you’re letting Him—and others—down? The other day a friend asked me, “How do you do it all?” I laughed. “I don’t. The list of what I’m not getting done is way...
by Jean Wilund | Aug 25, 2023 | Revive Our Hearts, When Life Is Hard
Do you believe the truth that anything that makes us need God is a blessing? My family has suffered one serious challenge after another this year. Everything from financial trials, to sicknesses, to surgeries, to heart-wrenching death. But I believe that anything that...