WHAT’S REAL? What is real these days? Entertainment gives us reality TV, which isn’t so real because most of it is highly manipulated by the producers to elicit shocking outcomes. And then there’s the news. Nowadays we have real news and fake news… yes, one of the latest trending topics has been about “fake news”. … Read more
It’s been way too long since I’ve blogged. The silence has felt like a spiritually induced ‘hold’. I’ve written, but haven’t been moved to post. This blog has actually taken 3 different turns itself. It’s definitely been a strange time. While I enjoyed writing about people who live out loud for Jesus, as well as … Read more
I felt oddly alone even though I was with other women I loved and respected. It was a vulnerable time of confession that was a rare event at a Christian women’s conference. The speaker asked the attendees to light up their phones and raise them in the darkened auditorium when they heard a word that … Read more
At a recent Thanksgiving gathering of friends, I read Psalm 100; my “go to” Scripture for Thanksgiving. I quickly grabbed it off my phone, not realizing what translation was selected. Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!2 Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! 3 Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made … Read more
“Get out! Get out!” The words ripped through my throat as I stood paralyzed, thigh high deep in the ocean. I screamed over the roar of the waves and the din of vacationers to my 10 year old son, floating on his boogie board. Unbeknownst to him, a few yards deeper, a dark fin was … Read more
My husband, Scott, and I call our current stage of life Phase 3. It’s part of a totally unscientific formula: – Phase 1- childhood to young adulthood – Phase 2 – adulthood, which includes raising our family – Phase 3 – the time in between launching your kids and retirement. You could say it’s our … Read more
I’m currently enrolled in a Christian Life Coach certification program and it was my turn to give a devotional. The chapter that we were covering had to do with LISTENING. I found this funny because my word for 2015 also happens to be LISTEN. No coincidences with God, right? So as I sat with God … Read more
It happened in a Trader Joe’s parking lot. A not-so-by-chance meeting with Sandra, a brokenhearted woman on a spiritual journey. I was making a run to pick up some items for my son and daughter-in-love after they just had a baby. I pulled into a parking space along the right side of a nondescript sedan. The … Read more
