First things first, we're not here to be liked; however, that is NOT a license to be mean and nasty. We are still expected to exhibit...

Back in October, I shared that when many of us come out of this shut-in (we're still not out of the woods...), we will be 'revised,...

Having been altered or corrected; reconsidered or amended. That's what that word means. There's a process put in place when 'revisions'...

Son:Mom are you writing a book? Mom: Just jotting notes right now. May be a book. Son: You're writing another one? Mom: I said I'm just...

Standing at the sink finishing up the dishes, a friend of the boys comes over. They stand around the island in the kitchen cracking jokes...

When I started out on this writing journey, this word came to me - occupy. I've read the account in Luke 19 quite a few times, but more...

Wow! Didn't realize it had been so long since I actually sat down over here and poured out. It's been a year and a half of a journey....

No truer words have been spoken. I've become more and more mindful of that as I sit and think about exactly what God has called and...

What do you do when your enemies are revealed to you? When people you once truly valued, honored, and sincerely cared for have now become...

John, second to David, is one of my favorite persons in the Bible. John's heart was so deeply rooted in a love for God (Jesus) and for...

As deeply as Jesus was loved, He was just as hated. Loved because He was the answer, the Way, the promised King and Messiah. Hated for...

Emulate (positive): to strive to equal or excel; imitate; match or surpass Copycat (negative): a person who copies another's behavior,...

Up at 5am, breakfast by 6:30a, off to work by 7am, work all day - at least 8-10hrs, come home, work your 'real job' (because our families...

What if everything you ever dreamed of, hoped for, prayed for, waited for....came packaged differently than what you envisioned? What...

I'm sure no two parents raise their children exactly the same as other parents. Ok, I'm actually sure of this. For instance, the way my...

"Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us - for it is written, 'Cursed' is everyone who hangs on a tree"....

I peered across the room and I just stared at him. I thought about all the ways he makes me feel: loved, secure, free, wanted, needed,...

One-flesh: Inseparable, together forever, both a physical and a spiritual concept; two human beings, biblically, a male and a female,...

Ladies and Gentlemen, one man and one woman is enough....if that's honestly what you're looking for. Gentlemen, it's impossible to give...

It's been 29 years since I last saw his beaming face, splattered brown freckles, strawberry red/brown locs......my brother! It's been 18...