Love is Patient, Love is Kind

Love

L O V E <— how are you doing with this in your life…loving? Each week in February I’m going to talk about…L O V E.  I know it’s a little “cliche”  to be talking about this in the month of February, but stick with me as I unpack the most commonly sited scripture verse

Purposely Equipped

Grow Where Your Planted

There was a time in my life when my focus was completely on ministry. I had just come out of college where I was very involved with a group of people who where focused on campus ministry. They were a huge influence on me and taught me that life in Christ was about serving Christ

Does What I Do Matter?

Heart

There it is again – the empty, hollow, gnawing at my heart. It takes up residence when I look around and I can’t point to anything I have “done” today. Days I don’t even bother to make a to-do list because I know I won’t get half-way through it. So why bother? Days when I

Speed Bump

Speed Bump

“For fast-acting relief try slowing down” – Lily Tomlin We can GO. GO. GO. with out stopping to take a breath because life is full of expectations.  From ourselves and others to DO. DO. DO. Life happens.  From one day to the next. Life goes on.  Even after hiccups, set-backs, and losses. Life begins with today

Lance the Silence

Lance the Silence

The spring of 2002 is not one I care to ever relive. As my wedding ring slipped from my finger, my hope, confidence and security obliterated. A single mom, there was one fear that plagued my mind… …what would happen to my kids if something happened to me? My ex-husband lived several states away. I

Perfectionism

Perfectionism

I have written this beginning no less than 7 times. The words have weighed on my heart and rattled around in my brain, but for some reason, they just don’t want to sit on this screen and communicate my heart. You see, I’m a perfectionist. At least, that’s what I always thought. ‘Perfectionism’ has been

No Excuses!

NO Excuses

As you look back on the last year and look forward to the new year… …are you truly living out the calling that God has given you? If not, what or who is hindering you from fulfilling the calling that God has given you? Hmmm…think about it. What is that thing that God keeps whispering

Women of God: Harlots, Tricksters, Judges and Queens

Women of God

Why are stories about women given to us in the Bible? The Need for Rescue Adam and Eve were created in the image of God, whole and intact but they went against God’s orders and sin entered the world. What happened to them? Did they become completely evil through and through?  No, but every part

Everyday God

Everyday God

“One generation shall praise Thy works to another, and shall declare Thy mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of Thy majesty, and on Thy wonderful works, I will meditate. And men shall speak of the power of Thine awesome acts; And I will tell of Thy greatness. They shall eagerly utter the memory of Thine

Gratitude List

Gratitude List

What if, you woke up today with only the things you thanked God for yesterday? OUCH!! I stumbled across this message the other day and it stopped. me. in. my. tracks. Why?  Because I had been having a pity-party.  It wasn’t fun. really, it was NOT.  There was no one at my “party” it was