Finding Hope Amid Disasters
Where is God when disaster strikes? When I was writing my book at the beginning of 2025, wildfires broke out in California. I watched news reports in horror as homes were devastated and lives were lost. Through their tears, people spoke of their immense grief, and my heart ached for all who were suffering. During my church’s weekly worship service, we prayed for all the victims, asking God to bring them comfort and hope. In my private prayers, I also lifted up the firefighters and other first responders, asking God to protect them as they served their neighbors [...]
Welcome to The Word Steward Blog!
I’ve been a writer as long as I can remember. Until the day she died, my grandmother carried a poem I wrote when I was five years old, tucked in her wallet. Although I’d never dare call myself a poet, I’ve always been enamored with the written word—the way that lines formed letters, letters formed words, and words formed sentences. And when those sentences were strung together, they had tremendous power. They could explain complex ideas and make them understandable. They could create worlds that only existed in the author’s and readers’ imaginations. They could make you feel [...]