Tag Archives: Faith

Here’s the good news of the gospel: You are free. You are finally, fully and completely free from bondage to trying to make yourself better, so you can lay your head down on your pillow and rest...

What fills you up?  What makes you happy beyond words?  I could name a million things that I love about my life.  I feel like God has blessed me so much; I feel like I’m bursting ...

What is it about springtime that turns us into kids again?  The sun peeks out and the trees begin to blossom and suddenly the urge to run barefoot through the grass becomes too strong to ignore.&...

At the heart of all our weariness, all our frustration and angst over our inability to “get it together” is a deeply spiritual problem. It’s this: We don’t have the power to tr...

While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak with him.  Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to s...

I know the feeling: I’ve surveyed the chaos of my life and thought…there really has to be a better way of doing this, there has to be a way I can bring some order into this mess. I really...

I guess the good thing about being the Mom of many is that when you run up against negative emotions or hard times with your kids…you remember…”oh ya, I’ve been here before.&...

You know the feeling: You get to the end of a frenzied day, your hair supposedly in a pony tail but actually branching out in 26 different directions, coffee staining the front of the tee shirt you pu...

On one of my most memorable walks with my sister, she asked me what things I'd like to do in my life, that I haven't done yet. Gosh, I love questions like that. I love talking hopes and dreams with pe...

I was sitting at a stoplight, and I could just feel it.  Even as the sun shone outside, the clouds in my head began to darken.  My hands gripped the steering wheel and I drew in my breath, t...