For When You Feel Weak

For When You Feel Weak

My family and I waited for our food during a rare lunch date in the middle of the week. Feelings...

When You're Weary of the World's Lack of Kindness

When You're Weary of the World's Lack of Kindness

SMH Are you familiar with this acronym for "Shaking My Head"?  "SMH" is an Internet abbreviation trend used for shaking...

Ancient Practice for Remembering God's Presence Throughout the Day

Ancient Practice for Remembering God's Presence Throughout the Day

I walked into my husband's office to look through every single shelf seeking a book title that might touch my...

10 Ways to Cooperate with Jesus

10 Ways to Cooperate with Jesus

A friend approached me in tears recently wondering how to go forward after a major loss in ministry due to...

The Greatest Perspective Available to Overcome Temptations

The Greatest Perspective Available to Overcome Temptations

  It's been a lazy summer.  Delightful, easy, carefree and...I don't want it to end!     With a light...

Jesus Disrupts and Restores

Jesus Disrupts and Restores

dis·rupt disˈrəpt/ verb    interrupt (an event, activity, or process) by causing a disturbance or problem.    drastically alter or...

The Kind of Death I Long For

The Kind of Death I Long For

Not too far from my house there is a patch of woods that runs along a bluff overlooking the Missouri...

The Jesus Ripple Effect

The Jesus Ripple Effect

I want beauty in my life. I want it to be in the form of refreshment for myself and others....

Trusting in the Name of the Lord Our God

Trusting in the Name of the Lord Our God

That sweet moment when you're brought back to gospel sanity. The truth, once again, falls fresh on your heart and...

When You Think You've Been Foolish...

When You Think You've Been Foolish...

My kids giggle as I read from Proverbs 30. "If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have...