When Your Little Birdies Fly the Coop
‘Tis the season for graduations and weddings. Even if you don’t have a graduate or a child getting married, I’m sure you know others close to you who do. My daughter-in-law and my nephew both graduated from college in May,…
Where is God When Tragedy Strikes?
Friday, May 31, 2019, the Hampton Roads region of Virginia experienced a devastating mass shooting at one of the Virginia Beach municipal buildings. The senseless massacre left twelve dead and four others injured. If you’d like to read more about the tragedy…
Drop the Weight
Last week I enjoyed an amazing experience at the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference held on the property of the beautiful Ridgecrest Conference Center in Black Mountain, NC. Breathtaking views of the mountains surrounded me at every turn and…
Do Something
My husband and I attended this conference yesterday in Salem, VA, and it opened my eyes even more to the need for foster care and adoption. Here are a few stats for you: An estimated 88% of trafficking victims come…
Scaredy Cat
What are you afraid of? Rejection, failure, death, persecution, loneliness, aging, gaining weight? So many things in this sinful world we live in can cause our hearts to hammer in our chests and sweat to break out on our foreheads…
Who Are You?
As promised, here is the follow-up from last week’s “To Tell the Truth” post. Transparency is scary, and we fear people will run the other way if they know the real us. Some people will. Let them. If a friend…
To Tell the Truth
Are you old enough to remember the television show, “To Tell the Truth?” The show originally aired in 1956, and I watched it in the 70’s. (No, I didn’t watch it in the 50’s!) The premise of the show revolved…
Thick Skin
If you’re breathing, then you’ve been criticized at some point in your life. Aristotle said, “There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” I believe that’s true. We all have varied opinions on…
Only God’s Opinion Matters
Yesterday my granddaughter and I participated as fundraising walkers for our local Crisis Pregnancy Center’s Walk for Life. Why? Because every life matters. The Crisis Pregnancy Center provides a wonderful service to women who find themselves in a crisis pregnancy.…
The Shepherd and His Sheep
I had to write about sheep today. No, really, I had no choice. Last week our ladies group began Jennifer Rothschild’s study, “Psalm 23.” Our life group began a new disciple making study, and one of the first scriptures I…