The quality of our sleep affects every area of our lives. When it is disrupted by anxiety, stolen by insomnia, or haunted by nightmares, each facet of our days and nights feels it. God created us to thrive through restful sleep. This is why, in Genesis chapter two, we observe God, after having worked […]

My husband and I had tucked our son into bed hours ago. We sat with family and friends in the adjacent room, visiting over Thanksgiving leftovers and pie. Then his scream pierced through our conversation. This was only the beginning of my son’s night terrors. Over the next two years, this scene would repeat itself, […]

  God created us for rest. All throughout Scripture we can see this theme. It is an invitation to regularly return to His respite and restoration. From the very first day of the very first human, God created a pattern of rest. While God rested on the seventh day, that was Adam’s first full day […]

It is an incredible experience to watch a child’s imagination grow. And yet, sometimes this part of childhood can bring with it frightening and anxiety-ridden nightmares. Sometimes these paralyzing experiences come completely unexpected, without warning or reason. Many times they materialize from gaps in a child’s understanding of the world around them. However and whenever […]