I tend to be a bottom-line kind of girl, so I’m going to get right to it. Teaching comes in many forms and fashions. We teach by example…but that can often be flawed by our personal failures. We can teach by circumstances…yet those aren’t always relevant when we relate them…
Today, I made my usual trip to Facebook to check on my friends and found a familiar verse posted by Renee Swope from the Proverbs 31 Ministry. It triggered such a sweet memory of an article I wrote a couple of years ago and I couldn’t help but reminisce on…
This week is the unveiling of a new and exciting project called Scripture Dig! I’m totally stoked (an expression my surfer husband likes to say) to be part of the team in this joint journey through the Word of God. Scripture Dig is devoted to equipping women with the necessary…
“At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.” For Herod had laid hold of John and bound him, and put him in…
As I sit here in the hospital room awaiting the news from the doctor and watching my brother-in-law breathe by way of a ventilator and eat by way of a tube through his nose, I can’t help but be reminded of how fleeting life really is. A breath…a vapor. After…
I’ve heard it said that growing old is not for sissies, but neither is writing. Although my first book is due out in August and I haven’t really been writing for very long, one thing I’ve learned about submitting a manuscript is that it’s important to do what they say.…
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1 We’re a strange breed…the human race. We want God to fix all our problems, but we…
I have a confession to make. When I was growing up I wanted to be Wonder Woman. Not the comic strip character, but the Lynda Carter-television-style Wonder Woman. It took me a few years, but I have decided that Wonder Woman, I am not. I’ve tried to do it all,…
There we were, surrounded by about 250 teenagers. Excitement filled the air and hearts anxiously awaited the life-changing words that were about to flow from the guest speaker’s lips. The band had just finished playing and all eyes were on the stage. Applause broke the silence as he stepped up…
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven” Ecclesiastes 3:1 I love the summer! Everything is alive and lively. The days are longer, the air smells sweeter, the kids are out of school and it’s time to play! Unfortunately, when my children were at…