It’s hard to believe two Sundays ago was Easter, the day we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection. To those who aren’t Christians and even to us who are, when the Easter egg hunts and Easter dinners…
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I woke up in the wee hours one recent night and found my heart was heavy with a burden I had been praying about for years. With eyes barely open I began to once…
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Several years ago Whirlpool put out a sweet commercial of an overworked mom who keeps responding to her family’s situations or messes with the question of “What/How?” Sometimes, it was a “what” as in,…
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I became a Christian at the ripe old age of 15. The transformation from the person I was, to who I became, was immediate. As if I was standing in darkness one minute, in…
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Recently, I was asked to be part of a retreat that ministers to women in need. I loved that I was asked. I loved being in a ministry that has purpose. I loved the…
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Before I came to Middle Tennessee in 2004, I barely knew country music. My repertoire began and ended with, You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Lucille. But after being here for just…
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Have you ever awakened to find your heart heavy, but you don’t know why? That was me the other morning. Sitting up, legs dangling over the side of the bed, with eyelids barely letting…
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One morning several years ago, my son’s Miniature Schnauzer, Samantha—who had come to live with us until my son could find a place that could accommodate his yappy little friend—ate something that caused her…
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Over the past two years, our world has been under a terrible siege. Gripped by what seems to be the constantly changing face of Covid mixed with the incomprehensible lawlessness that is running amuck…
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Several years ago I felt God calling me to be a youth leader. This seemed odd to many because I was not in my 20s, 30s, 40s, or even my 50s, but was already…