When Life Doesn’t Turn Out The Way You Planned

by | Mar 25, 2016

Are you in need of some hope? It’s Holy Week, and there is no greater time to consider how faith in God might infuse your life with hope, especially when life doesn’t seem to be going according to your plan. My faith has certainly done that...

Three Ways to Keep Christmas Spirit Alive All Year Long

by | Dec 28, 2015

The big day is over. Now what? If you’re like me, you spend so much time planning, preparing, and priming to make Christmas special for everyone you love, that you feel a little let down once the calendar flips past December 25. I still have a refrigerator full of...

What Man’s Best Friend and God Have in Common

by | Aug 31, 2015

I don’t know who coined the phrase, “a dog is man’s best friend”, but whomever did, knew what they were talking about. For as long as I can remember, from the cradle through adulthood, I have always had a dog in my life. When we lost one, it wasn’t long before we...

One Mother’s Miracle

by | Mar 28, 2015

Waiting is hard. Especially when you feel helpless in the face of a painful situation that you desperately wish were different. But for whatever reason, you are powerless to change it. You believe in time, things will be different, even better, but for the moment, you...

The Gift You’ll Never Regret

by | Dec 22, 2014

Yes, it’s that time of year again. Many songs call it the “most wonderful time of the year” and “the happiest season of all”, and for many that is absolutely true. Yet, for plenty of other people, the holidays can be the most miserable time of the year, and the most...

The Problem With Kindness

by | Mar 31, 2014

Several years ago, I sat in my car at a gas station in Phoenix, AZ, watching two young boys shuffle self-consciously from car to car. They approached each driver, spoke softly, nodded solemnly, and moved dejectedly forward. This went on for several minutes. Finally,...