Sometimes in life, we experience the fallout that happens when we discover that someone isn’t who they said they were. The disappointment we feel can be really painful, and even cause us to never look at people the same way as before.
Continue reading Who God Says He Is
You may have been in a store sometime in the last few days, or seen a story on the news, and discovered that there’s a shortage in toilet paper. Amid the outbreak of the latest Coronavirus incarnation, COVID 19, a public panic over toilet paper found fertile ground in social media and has since spread faster than the virus itself. The shelves are empty everywhere. People have been seen in big box stores with mountains of toilet paper in their carts. The more pictures and stories showed up on social media, the more shoppers rushed to the stores to stock up on toilet paper. Fueled by fear, people fight each other over the last package.
Continue reading A Real Crisis
My mother gave gifts based on what she wanted to do.
She might zero in on a particular grandchild for Christmas and do something really special for them – like build a doll house.
Oh, everyone got gifts, don’t misunderstand. But, my mom thought about the person she was gifting, reflected on their personality, added some of her own, threw it all in a bag, shook it up, tossed it out, and…VOILA! Your present from my mother magically appeared. Continue reading Packaged in Love
In my leadership classes and student council, I would share with them a short video about how giving one degree more can make an enormous impact in their lives and the lives of others. It went something like this: Continue reading 1 Extra Degree
I was at the store just a couple of days ago, and a lady in the aisle next to me was talking on her cell phone. She was talking to a man. How do I know that? Well…she was using the speaker phone feature. Now, I’m not an eaves dropper by nature, but she was talking on speaker phone in a public place. It wasn’t exactly a private conversation. Continue reading Hell is Always Open
Not every lesson my mother tried to teach me went the way she planned. One such time happened when I was about 15 years old. Mom called my little sister, Mary (who was 12 at the time), and I into the room and told us to sit down…she wanted to have a talk with us. I remember vividly, my mind racing back and forth, wondering what in the world she wanted to talk to us about. Had something happened? Was someone sick? What is going on? It was a bit odd to say the least. Continue reading The Most Important Thing My Mother Ever Taught Me
Christmas is just such an awesome time! The whole world seems to transform into a more wonderful place when it’s infected by the Christmas spirit. There’s all the beautiful lights, spending time with family, decorating the tree, Christmas music, yada yada yada. People just seem so much happier and friendlier during this time of year. (For the most part). Continue reading No Greater Gift
“I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I live.” Psalm 104:33
Music has been a very important part of my life always. It started with my mother’s lullabies, then my father’s folk songs, and then gospel music. Continue reading Sing Unto The Lord
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