Mar 17, 2017 | Conversation, Blog, Faith
Visiting the archives today, March 17, 2014. While I’m busy putting the finishing touches on my newest book (manuscript deadline, March 31), I have to pause and pay homage to one of my heroes: St. Patrick. Hope to one day visit the emerald isle of Ireland. Happy...
Mar 20, 2014 | Conversation, Faith, HaveEyestoSee, Identity, Marriage and Family, Parenting, The Afternoon Knows, Vision
“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.” ― Colette Welcome, Spring! If I’m totally honest, which I try to be, Spring has always brought great tension into my life. I love to be outdoors. Yet, I am red-headed, fair skinned and blue-eyed. Which...
Mar 21, 2014 | Conversation, Faith, Identity, Practicing Love, Vision
“The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind the scenes with everyone else’s highlight reels.” -Pastor Steve Furtick Note: Every year I try to read “The Screwtape Letters” by C. S. Lewis. With astounding...
Apr 14, 2017 | Devotions, Prayer, Spiritual Formation
We are not built for everyone’s bad news, or are we? Day after day, bad news streams into our lives. Just this week: A 22,000 lb. bomb, known as “The Mother of all Bombs (MOAB),” was dropped in the Achin district of Nangarhar province in eastern...
Oct 4, 2015 | Be Remarkable eCourse, Be Remarkable eCourse, Blog, eCourse, emotional health and wellbeing, Other, Practicing Love, Spiritual Formation
Sometimes practicing kindness is hard work. I’m not proud of me right now. Not 30 minutes out of a fabulous, challenging, life-giving church service, I found myself in Walmart wanting to be mean. There, I said it. Put me in the corner. I deserve a time out. Yep....