You’re Invited: Join Something Bigger Than You
’m at one of those junctures of life: I want more of God. I’ll explain it more practically: Have you ever had a food that you really, really love? Maybe it is a croissant at your local coffee store or...
View ArticleThe Key That Holds Everything
I tremendously appreciated the day cars got keyless entry… It felt like a groundbreaking day. Now Kelly, with five grocery bags in hand, didn’t have to do weight-bearing gymnastics to somehow dig her...
View ArticleWhen Hurts Don’t Heal or Help
My son dragged me into it. I didn’t want to cross my eyes. It hurt. I kept trying, hoping to please him. Yet, I failed. Only he could turn two images into one 3-D image by crossing his eyes. Once he...
View ArticleHealing Lukewarmness
As fast as I drank it, I spit it out. The sourness and bitterness not only offended my taste buds, but all my senses. I couldn’t consume bad cream. Ick! Nasty! I didn’t only spit it out once, but did...
View ArticleIt’s Okay to Admit You Need Help
I Don’t Know What Is Wrong with Me!? Why Aren’t I Doing Better? These are the kinds of things I keep wondering about… I know I should be writing to you all more. I know I have wellsprings from the Lord...
View ArticleFinding God in the Darkness
What if… What happens when…? Will I be okay…? I couldn’t ignore the fact that this particular family member was especially worried. I couldn’t blame them. I’ve certainly been there before… Will it be...
View ArticleWhen You Brace for the Worst
Walking outside, my body settled into a rhythm and my mind trailed off into prayer that likely sounded like, “God help me today… God lead me in my ways…” But then I heard something. Something coming at...
View ArticleHow to Cultivate Your Calling
Bored, and not sold on AI, I tested it. Would it be real and honest? Underneath it all, I suppose I wanted an answer to the question — “Are you, AI, a generic online tool or is there more spiritually...
View ArticleNeed a Rescue?
Sitting in my driveway, I wondered, could I hide out in the car just a little longer…? I didn’t really know… But what I did know was that the consistency of the raindrops was soothing. And the lines...
View ArticleWhen Going Gets Tough…
Pacing around my living room, it took everything in me to hold violent cries from sounding out. I was doing it! Yet, before long, I knew I couldn’t hold it in anymore; the excruciating stomach pains...
View ArticleStaying With Jesus, Even When…
My gums were swollen and I’d tried everything… I oil rinsed my mouth. No dice. I headed to a specialist’s office to get a re-treatment for an old root canal. It didn’t work. I got a crown. Still, my...
View ArticleA Miracle Happened
This past Sunday was a normal trip home from a soccer event, but I never expected tragedy to hit. Pulling into our driveway, there is a little hill that leads down to our garage. This day, we pulled...
View ArticleSoaking in Jesus This Christmas
There’s an issue. My Christmas tree is not soaking up water. So I got on my knees to add more water. But, still, it wouldn’t soak up. What is wrong with it? I I know the issue, though — when I bought...
View ArticleIt Takes Courage to be How God Made You
It takes courage to be you. It takes courage to be strong when God and HIs Word lead you… When no one understands. When people misinterpret your actions. When God impresses something on your heart....
View ArticleThe Key to Breakthrough
The other day, I bent my key. It wouldn’t fit in my front door. The door would not open. I had to unbend the key to fit the lock and open the door. This got me thinking of the power of one simple key…...
View ArticleOnly Just Believe!
God has a plan for your life, but so does the enemy. I stayed back in third grade, wrote my sentences backwards, had a boss who hated my writing — and yet, here I am a writer, an author of 4 books, a...
View ArticleWhat You Doubt – God May Most Use!
I drove past a vast field of soy. Yet, on the horizon — there it was — a solitary and striking brown corn stalk. Standing alone. Standing odd in the midst of soy. Why it was there…? I didn’t know. What...
View ArticleBe You & Be Free & True
Please them. I must be who they want me to be. That’s what I thought, anyway, during this period of my life. Rail-thin, I hadn’t the faintest idea of who I was or what I was called to… I just knew...
View ArticleGain Right Perspective
I was driving, but I couldn’t see. My glasses were smudged. Gray smudges blurred the lenses through which I saw life. I tried redirecting my eyes—look toward the yellow and white lines. Still, I kept...
View ArticleDitched, Dissed and Dismissed
I gave my whole heart to this project I was invited into… I thought about it in the morning, sent text messages at noon, and prayed at night. I was going to –come hell or highwater — be. faithful. to....
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