Who Do You Think You Are?
My mother would squash my dreams often with her cutting words.
Entries by Dena Johnson
Lessons from my Mom
Do you remember the show Land of the Lost? It had those creepy sleestaks wandering the land and it was on every Saturday morning. Oh. I couldn’t even be in the room if that show was on the TV!
Trusting God in the Unexpected
As I have contemplated how to trust God in the unexpected, I’ve found four words that are helping me.
A Prayer for Those Walking Through Divorce
Give us a vision of the beauty you want to bring out of our broken lives.
The Hardest Prayer to Pray…
But when I truly reached that place where Jesus was all I had, I found He was more than enough.
The Power of Resurrection
What power…
And that very power is at work in us today. Don’t ever forget you have the power of the resurrection available to you today.
My Great I Am
I can look back at His faithfulness in the midst of untold hurt and pain, but the key to my Great I Am is that He is exactly what I need exactly when I need it. Yes, He was faithful in the past, and He will always be faithful in the future. It’s who He is.
What Single Parents Wish Their Married Friends Understood
No matter the circumstances, single parenting is a hard journey. What makes it different from parenting as a couple?
Rebuilding Your Life After Divorce
How did I survive? How did I experience such intimacy with my Heavenly Father? How did I get from the broken mess to a place of complete redemption?
Life as a Trapeze Artist
A few years ago, I took my kids to the circus. It was the first time they had ever been to a circus, and they were SO excited. They sat transfixed as the lions and tigers and bears entered the ring, led by their trainers. They laughed—belly-laughed—as the clowns acted like clowns. They sat transfixed […]
