What is the Wilderness for the believer?

A wilderness for the Christian is not…
a storm we go through or a season we face circumstantially.
It is a place we get stuck in or choose to remain, spiritually and even emotionally.

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Because God loves you deeply, passionately, intimately, relentlessly, and unconditionally… You are CHERISHED!

Welcome to CHERISHED! For the next three weeks, I’m going to share with you a message that I have shared at retreats and conferences. In this current climate of harsh words and brash behavior, let’s step back to the gentle grace that echoes through the ages filling up the aching…

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Beauty from Ashes – Esther’s Rags to Royalty Story

Isn’t it funny how we read over Scripture and somehow forget that the characters were not just mere names on a page. They were real people, with real feelings, with real pains and pleasures. Allow yourself to enter the reality of Hadassah’s story. She was a young girl who had…

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Beauty from Ashes – The Redemption of Rahab

If you received yesterday’s post in your email or one of the feeds, you found a couple of errors. Sarah wasn’t 99 years old when she conceived Isaac, she was thought to be about 90…AND there is no such thing as a baby in the bun. The correct expression is a bun in the oven. I…

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Beauty from Ashes – Sarah’s Inconceivable Conception

After a lifetime of people laughing at her, it was Sarah’s turn to laugh. How could she believe she could possibly conceive when she was way beyond baby-bearing age? In a world where baby-making made you a real woman, Sarah’s infertility screamed FAILURE! Day after day, week after week, year…

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Some Great News & a Whole New Series

Hi y’all! I have been chompin’ at the bit to share some exciting news with you, but had to wait ’til permission was granted and all systems were “go”!    A few months back, Kathi Lipp invited me to be part of a vision she’s had to minister to the heart of…

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