With Valentine’s Day being this week, couples across the globe will go above and beyond to express their love for one another. From poems to candy, flowers to love songs, affection is conveyed in many ways. As I think of Valentine’s Day and the love of our Savior, I’m reminded...
A little over a year ago, I received an extremely unexpected, undesired phone call. The call was from a debt collection agency, seeking to reclaim funds for an expense that had been completely unknown to me. The individual on the other end of the line shared details about me that...
Although I’ve only had my cats, Matatu and Fatima, for five years, it seems like I have had them for much longer! Other than my plants and all the kids I claim at church, these two critters are my children! When I was making the move from Arkansas back to...
We are marked by the people we consider important to our lives. In fact, most of us hear “voices” in our heads. Everyone plays some type of recording from earlier days. Those memories are usually from a person influential in your life. The thoughts can be positive. The thoughts can...
If you’re like me, you grew up under the impression that the God of the Old Testament and Jesus of the New Testament were not very much alike. OT God was angry and steadily slinging thou shalt not’s at His ill-behaved children. Conversely, NT Jesus was much nicer, talked a...
