by Merita Atherly Engen | May 29, 2015 | Fatherly, God of Our Ultimates, Identity, Motherly, Points of Light, Saving, Shining on God's Character
A little box of baby things are tucked away wrapped in plastic, safe in a drawer. Whenever I open that drawer, I imagine a mother crocheting a blue sweater and booties, fashioning a delicate crocheted cap, and hand stitching simple flannel socks. I thumb through...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Dec 11, 2014 | Fatherly, God of Our Ultimates, Loving, Motherly, Points of Light, Salvation, Shining on God's Character
Five-year-old Caleb came into the bedroom first thing one morning clutching his money box. He wanted to show me that he could buy the toy of his dreams. “You know, Momma, the one where the car goes ’round and ’round.” Yes, I knew. The one we had told him he would have...
by Merita Atherly Engen | May 22, 2014 | Death, Gentle, God of Our Ultimates, In Sickness, Loving, Motherly, Points of Light, Shining on God's Character
She knocked gently on the door to the room where strange, unintelligible sounds came from a crib-like bed pushed up against the wall. It was the result of her nursing assistant training, this knocking, even though she knew that she wouldn’t get an appropriate, “come...
