Life Lessons
Dream Big!
I spend a lot of my days doing ordinary stuff. Boring stuff. Familiar stuff. I clean bathrooms. I wash clothes. I fix meals. Sometimes it really gets to me, you…
Read MoreChoosing Joy Even When …
No one is exempt from bad stuff happening to them, but God is able to redeem, replace, avenge, and reconcile anything and everything,
Read MoreAddressing The Elephant In The Room
Awkward conversations are part of life. Someone has bad breath or a hair poking out of places it shouldn’t be, or spinach in their teeth and you’re staring straight into…
Read MoreGod’s Mysterious Answers to Prayer
What’s that ruckus? From my home office, I could hear the racket. Loud, clunking, arrhythmic noises were coming from something big and mechanical. At first, I thought the washing machine…
Read MoreDoes God Allow More Than You Can Handle?
Has anyone told you that God won’t give you more than you can handle? I’ve heard that comment plenty. And there was a time when I believed it. Then I…
Read MoreWaiting 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 MoreWho 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 MoreTake 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 MoreBreaking 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 MoreUse 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,…
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