On One Good Friday
Today is April 1st. Many pranks or practical jokes may be planned and played out over the course of the day. But my mind flashes back to this day thirty one years ago. It was a pregnancy most unlike my first. Bedridden from the suspected time of being pregnant, it had...
The Principle of Discipleship
"Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples." (John 13:35, NLT) "In our faith we follow in someone's steps. A parent, a teacher, a hero - none of us are the first to walk the trail. All of us have someone we follow. In our faith we...
Measure
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Measure. To this day, that morning in Bible Study remains imprinted in my mind. I remember where I was sitting, I can hear her tone of voice, and I remember the...
Eat Live Thrive Diet
As women grow older, our bodies and metabolism change. This is not news to any of us and yet weight is something which slowly creeps up in so many of us. In their book, Eat Live Thrive Diet, Danna Demetre and Robyn Thomson explain why this is so, offering a plan and...
The Story of Redemption
I had heard the song before as it has come across my path through social media. It always struck me as beautiful but the depth of meaning didn't hit as deeply until we sang it in corporate worship, and upon seeing the lyrics displayed. "Behold the Lamb The story of...
Open, Available, and Ready
In the early morning light, the verse is before me: "Letters wishing peace and security were sent to the Jews throughout the 127 provinces of the empire of Xerxes." (Esther 10:30, NLT) The story is a familiar one of how Esther and Mordecai stop the evil plan of Haman,...