Next step devotional
7 Myths That Keep You Stuck
& The Promises of God That Set You Free
Waiting for God’s Good Gifts
From the time my children were born, I planned to give them lots of gifts. I intended to shower them with opportunities that would delight them. I was determined to…
Read More
Who Rubs You The Wrong Way?
Dealing With Difficult People One of my fathers-in-law was a Golden Gloves boxing champion for the army during WWII. After leaving the army, he joined the police force in Milwaukee,…
Read More
Take A Chance On Change
Nothing New In my quiet time this morning, I realized I was sitting on a twenty-five-year-old couch, looking at faux-finish painted walls that were all the rage about twenty-five years…
Read More
Breaking Free from the Trap of Sin
Sin is delicious This past weekend I almost dug brownies out of the garbage can. The willpower I had to toss them in the trash at 6:00 p.m. was completely…
Read More
Facing the Enemy
“Mom, I had my death picture taken today,” my firefighter son Eli told me over the phone. “What? Your what!” I asked, not believing what I’d just heard. “My death…
Read More
Having a Moment?
You ever have a “moment”? Everything is just going along just“fine,” and then something hits you sideways and you have a moment. Maybe you had a Facebook moment when you…
Read More
Pursue Your Passion
If there are no children around to corrupt, it’s always dessert first for me. If I run out of room at the end of a meal, I can doggy bag…
Read More
Use It Or Lose It
My mom and several other ladies from her park in Florida walk every morning. At 7am, they convene at the gazebo and walk the asphalt figure eight, chatting and laughing,…
Read More
It. Is. Finished.
It is finished. I’ve been working on a book of stories for over a year! So many delays popped up as a result of the global pandemic. My editor got…
Read More
Never Done!
Perfectionism is the lie that we can earn God’s favor. Or that we need to! The truth of God’s word is that God already loves us to the moon and…
Read More