Walking with God
No time for PORNOGRAPHY
I’ll never forget the feeling that engulfed me when I saw porn. When I was nineteen years young, I was asked to babysit two young boys. Their mother was out of town, and the dad had work to do. I knew the family quite well, and had no issues with keeping an eye on the...
Jesus in a Box
I waited! It took will power and patience to hold down the excitement, but I did it, and the time is FINALLY here! For months, while gallivanting through stores, Christmas was in the air…or at least on the shelves. When did Christmas decorations become the items to...
Know Your Weakness
At seven o’clock in the morning, I noticed I had a message. The message was informing me that our cows were out in the neighbor’s yard. I told Tim to go around the backside of the cows, and round them up, while I went to the shared gate to call “Hey cows” and entice...
Be a Tool, not a Toy.
“I’m just a tool.” Jesus was a carpenter while He was a young man on earth. According to the dictionary, a carpenter is a worker who builds or repairs structures or their parts. How fitting for the occupation of Christ. He built and repaired wooden structures in...
‘Tis the Season for…
‘Tis the season! Some may say…”Tis the season: To be jolly To be thankful For football For shopping For eating lots of turkey For Jesus For trying to tolerate family members during the holiday times To put up Christmas décor before we even celebrate Thanksgiving To be...
Living Life to Its Fullest
I’m speaking to a group of students this week, for Great America Teach-In, about traveling and diversity/commonalities among all people. While going through photos of places we’ve visited around the world, I couldn’t help but smile and appreciate all the experiences...
Building a Relationship
We have two cows in our pasture. When we first received them, they were skittish of anyone who entered, and you could tell they were cautiously sizing any intruder up. Over time, I would go out and feed the cows. On my way to greet them, I’d holler out, “Hey, cows”....
In need of grace, and giving grace:
Relationships are like weather we had in Florida the last week of October 2017. In my hometown, we went from the lowest temperatures being in the low 40s to 60s, to the highs ranging from the 60s to 80s. One night you would have a fire blazing in the firepit or...
Staying Strong Through Devastation
It appears that the phrase, “Go big or go home” is being applied to the evilness that continues to occur in our country. 2017 Las Vegas shooting…worst mass shooting in current US history. 2017 New York…greatest number of lives lost due to being ran over. 2017...
Waiting for the results…
Sigh…Just breathe…Smile…Cry…Relief…Praise the Lord! That was how I felt last week when I received the news. Not long ago, I had received a postcard in the mail reminding me that it is that time of year to schedule my appointment. I called the hospital, made the...
Modest is Hottest
Let the Holiday Season begin! My church has an event each year for the ladies called Holiday Indulgence. Kay Morris, our women’s ministry leader, and her team create a festive atmosphere to start our holiday season off, with a reminder of the reason for the...
The Scariest Deceiver of All…
I remember, when I was growing up, my mom always produced the most creative and spooky “haunted house” at our elementary school’s annual fall festival. Fake smoke sometimes filled the air, and caskets had volunteers being raised at the appropriate time to casually...