3 Tools to Stay Calm In Scary Times
What’s happening in our world is unprecendented in our life time. While we’ve faced other difficulties like the September 11th attacks, various wars, swine/bird flu and others, the widespread coronavirus brings with it tremendous uncertainity. You...
Letting Go When God Says No
On the warm summer day that young Cherise married her husband, she never thought that her marriage would end. Life wasn’t perfect, but they laughed together every day and loved each other through mistakes. As Cherise looks back, she couldn’t put her...
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When Your Family Doesn’t Care About Your Prayers
Tears streamed down my cheeks as I sat across a long-time beloved family member. I poured out my heart over the spiraling addiction crisis ripping our family and my marriage apart. As one who’d walked for decades in the same situation, she sat and listened. I...
How My Girls Inspire Me!
A few years ago, the stage production of Phantom of the Opera opened for a brief run in my community. I didn’t think much of it, but my youngest daughter was over the moon. A high school student at the time, she loved the songs and the story of the beloved production....
Guest Post: Waking From A One Night Stand
The following post is raw, honest and might be a trigger for some and offensive to others. But, I know without a doubt that what the author shares is the untold story of countless numbers of Christian women who haven’t felt safe sharing their experience. We are...
No Coincidences With God: A Cool Story!
It’s always cool to see when God drops you into someone’s life for a moment and for a reason…Today, I met Katheryne when I checked into my new hotel in Houston. I’ve been in Texas for five days for a retreat and I arranged to stay an extra day to catch up on...
Tired of Control Issues? Check out my new study!
Are you facing a problem in life that you just can’t fix, no matter what you do? Are you a control-lover who needs to let go of control (but you don’t know how)? Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase “Let go and let God.” But it’s easier...
My Word of the Year!
In last week’s newsletter and Focus 2020 video (that you can watch by clicking here) was all about helping you focus on what’s most important in your life. I want you to have an amazing 2020! I know that you have hopes and dreams, but you also have to deal with life!...
Choose Your 2020 Word-of-the Year & Verse, Too!
We’re a few days into the year 2020. If you’re from my generation or before, you might have seen the memes and jokes about how badly we wanted Barbara Walters to show up everywhere saying, “This is 2020.” Since it’s the start of not only...
Small Beginnings – Christmas 2019
Originally posted to social media on December 24, 2019. This little tree sits right outside my apartment door. I bought it last year. Before this little tree, my family had a ceiling scraping tree that took hundreds and hundreds of lights, decorations and muchas time...I’m so glad that you’re here!
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