We live in a world of sound bites. “X,” formally known as twitter, began to limit our number of characters to one good sound bite. Sermons now have three points that all have alliteration, and we have a phone that holds our phone numbers, (Truthfully, I have to look up my own children’s numbers). We…
“For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God Himself and not by human hands. We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long…
As we come out of the Memorial Day weekend, all moms are breathing a sigh of relief. May is over. The month that has been said to be “like December without the gifts” is finally done! End of school activities, sports, clubs, graduations and recitals, tournaments and last-minute teacher/parent meetings have come to a close…
“ ‘You are a king then,’ said Pilate. Jesus answered, ‘You say that I am a king. In fact the reason I was born and came into this world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to Me.’ ‘What is truth?’ retorted Pilate” (John 18:37-38a NIV). What is truth?…
Luke tells the story of three men who loved deeply. One son who loved only himself; another son who loved others conditionally; and the father who loved unconditionally and selflessly. The story of the prodical son is a parable about a father and his two sons. It is woven together with many threads of love.…
Today is a hard day for some, many actually. Whether you are a mom or not, one thing we can all settle on is that we have a mother. She may be your biological birth mom, a chosen mom (like a mentor), a stepmother that loves you as her own, or an adoptive mother who…
Last week’s podcast was intense and filled with raw pain that many of us can identify with. If you haven’t had a chance to listen to it, I encourage you to find it on the podcast platform you use, listen and share it with others. https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/gKN4ZQzcpJb The background of the trauma surrounding abortion is the…
Recovery. Abortion Recovery. If you look online, the definition of a recovery is “a return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength” and also “the action or process or regaining possession or control of something stolen or lost.” I sat at a women’s conference this weekend for our church. As Irene Rollings, the…
This week I found myself in the middle of a completely unexpected conversation. I have the propensity to frequently walk straight into interactions without even glancing for oncoming traffic. Can anyone else identify with me? Everything is just fine and then suddenly, you’re looking around like a Talking Heads song and thinking, “How did I…
Have you ever been convicted in a T.J. Maxx? No? Just me? Yesterday I was in a hurry; I had too many things on my list and no time to get them all done. One of my errands was to pick up some bedding items from T.J. Maxx. I should have had a game…