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Active

Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Active. “I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.”...

The Gift

“Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord. Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart.” (Psalm 119:1-2, NIV) The psalmist declares the importance of God’s Word in the life of...

The Story of a Nun & a Monk

It is not a secret that I love to read and in fact, usually have several books going at once. It is a bad habit I have tried often to break and have failed at it, so I no longer make a New Year’s resolution to read one at a time. This is futile. Historical...

Martin Luther for Young Readers

We are told our stories matter. Yet so often, it is the current day stories we share, forgetting to delve back into our history. Our church history is particularly important to share for it is the way by which our our children learn about heroes of the faith and hold...

Perfectly His

  Today I so wish I could sit across from each of you and encourage you to not ever let the enemy rob you of who you are in Christ. Be assured that nothing in your past has the power to define you any longer. How do I know? He knows that we are frail and will not...