My sister gave me two different pairs of sunglasses. Pair A is stylish with lightly tinted lenses and gold frames, aka Aviator glasses, because the outward-facing lens has a mirror-reflective coating. Pair B is promotional sunglasses with dark UV-coated lenses and frog-green frames. When I use Pair A, the world is golden- colored. I see the beauty of the landscape.

I’ve lived with depression for a long time. I used to feel ashamed of it. Like if I were a better Christian, maybe I wouldn’t struggle the way I do. Maybe I’d be stronger, happier, or lighter. But I’ve learned that struggling doesn’t cancel out faith. Struggling doesn’t make you less than. And God doesn’t wait until we’re perfect before he calls us his. This verse in 1 John doesn’t say that victory comes from our strength or our performance. It says that our faith is the vict

Problems, problems, and more problems Worry upon worry Activity after activity Sleep doesn’t come My drugs of choice: books and...