Shining Our Light in the Darkness
As a city commissioner in my small town, I get lots of messages about a variety of topics from my constituents. Recently, I received one that got me thinking about all the name-calling, labeling, and hateful language that has become commonplace in our world today. Regardless of the side of an issue, someone thinks […]
The Love Shift
People should be able to know we are Christians by our words and actions. We shouldn’t have to tell people what we believe because they should be able to sense something is different about us when they are around us. This is not to say we pretend everything is wonderful when it isn’t, but when […]
145: The Love Shift
The word love is widely overused and often under demonstrated. We love our favorite food, our work, and even the latest hit movie, but we sometimes struggle to love our neighbor as God calls us to. This episode discusses how to show love through our words and actions. To shine God’s love into the world, […]
Remembering 9/11: The Day We United
September 11 will always be a day we remember. Terrorists attacked our country with every intention of destroying our way of life. But they hadn’t counted on our faith and our resilience. Instead of falling apart, we came together. Yes, at first we were afraid. Everything stopped for a time as we mourned our losses […]
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
I can still hear the words ringing through the sanctuary that warm February day over 30 years ago. My dear friend and her brother sang the popular wedding song as I married the man God chose to be my husband. I don’t think it is a coincidence that the song popped into my head as […]
Ask and You Shall Receive
Did you know we don’t have to ask God for joy, happiness, fulfillment, or peace? Instead, did you realize that they are all residual benefits of seeking God’s kingdom first? I’ve prayed for peace and other fruits of the spirit for so long and, yes, I’ve certainly experienced the fruits of the spirit in my […]
Connecting in Community
Connecting with complete strangers when you are at a special event seems so easy when there is a common bond that brings you together. I talk about that in my recent episode of Reviving Your Soul (Now Longing for More) called Living in Community with Others where I share a recent experience at the annual Back to the […]
He is Risen!
“He is Risen Indeed!” “Alleluia!” I have to admit the first several times I participated in this exchange in my then-new church, I was a little uncomfortable. I was in my early twenties and we had never shared such an exchange in the church I grew up in. Now, thirty years later, the exchange brings […]