I sent my daughter off to her last day of high school ever today. She’s my last. These are the lasts of all the lasts. Excuse me while I have a moment here. Where are the tissues? So I decided to ease into my day. I took a minute to pause with my tea and my Bible on my porch ...
Have you ever seen It’s a Wonderful Life? If you’re like me, you’ve watched it a hundred times. And it never gets old. George Bailey is feeling sorry for himself. So much is going wrong he starts thinking life would be better for everyone if he was never born. The angel Clarence takes him on that very journey, and he ...
Discouragement. It seems to be lurking around every corner and hiding behind every tree. At times I go for weeks and months without a hint of it. Then…..there are seasons I go to bed feeling like a failure and wake up in a deeper hole than the night before. Can I get a witness? Discouragement has an assignment – intimidate us into ...
Not to sound old or anything….but back in the day when I was little, we had things like flannelgraphs and Colorforms. Who remembers those? Oh, and paper dolls. Can’t forget the paper dolls. We had to use our imaginations. Boy, those were the days! We used the flannelgraphs at church and on a good day, when they were brand new ...
I’m horrible with names. Terrible. Not good at all. There. Now you know. I’m in the ministry…I work with people…and I forget names. I could meet you and in 5 minutes totally forget your name. It’s not that I don’t value you. It’s not that I don’t want to remember your name. It’s just that…well….I don’t remember. Some people are ...