Darkness
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Darkness. It strikes me funny that I read the word prompt in the darkness of the early morning. But then, much of December finds the mornings at their darkest....
The 40-Day Sugar Fast
The year end is quickly approaching. It is the time of year when our thoughts turn toward goals, resolutions, devotionals, One Word, and healthy eating. I had heard of the 40 Day Sugar Fast a few years ago. Wendy Speake had introduced a sugar fast to break the...
Truth, Grace, & Light
I decorated our tree this past week. The boxes had come down from the attic the night before and sat strewn about in our living room. If I wanted to get prepared for Christmas and bring some order back to the room, it had to get done on my days "off". Putting on some...
Of Accidents, Impossibilities, & Believing
We continued another week into the Advent Study, "True Light For Everyone" - ~*~*~ We begin week 4 with reading Luke 1:5-17 and my thoughts were drawn to one part of the story in particular. Zechariah was serving God in the Temple, for his order of priests was on duty...
A Christmas Wish List (+ Annual Christmas Blessing Giveaway)
I went through my teenage years listening to Amy Grant music. One of my favorites Christmas songs is on Amy Grant’s Christmas CD. Even at other times of the year, this song speaks to my heart. “Here’s my life long wish, My grownup Christmas list. Not for myself...
As An Infant
"So the Word became human and made his home among us." (John 1:14, NLT) "People have always wondered about the image of God. Societies have speculated. Tribes have cogitated. And we've reached a variety of conclusions. We've fancied God as ferocious, magical, fickle,...