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Pulling out the checkbook from my wallet, a business card fell to the floor. Yes, I still write checks on occasion. I picked it up and n...

There’s never been a one-size-box fits all approach to most things in life. This is especially true for your relationship with God. This ...

It wasn’t some grand moment. We weren’t on vacation or taking part in a celebration. It was just a regular weekend morning. The music was...

I’m having a hard time writing lately. Nothing seems to come out as articulately as I prefer. It seems a little dull – not as moving or p...

“I’m happy with our house. It’s small, but we have a new roof and a new A/C unit. Our yard is generous and our mortgage is low. Low enoug...

"You know -- you know without a doubt in your mind that you have heard God’s voice.” We are a civilization that survives off of how-to gu...

Slowing to a stop for the red light, I noticed the bumper sticker on the car in front of me. “Behaved girls rarely make history.” I about...

The other day my husband needed my phone. I sat down in the playroom with my two boys and my busy-body self could only sit still for so l...

There was a bit of commotion coming from the corner of the cafeteria. I had my coffee in one hand and an opened package of cookies on the...

We’ve been swinging a lot lately. Almost every day since the lockdowns started, my sons and I swing on our playground. The little one is ...

“Do you ever wonder what it would be like if your sister was normal?” “Which one?” I laughed so hard when my brother told me about this c...

If you are monitoring the situation in our world, it kind of looks like God is on break right now? More like on sabbatical. Many of you m...

As a small child, barely old enough to recall, one of my brothers decided to teach me how to swim. Eager anticipation swelled up inside o...

They sit on the top shelf in the closet, twenty-five year old boots. They are brown leather and are in amazing shape considering their ag...

She had just won the best labor warrior story – twins both weighing eight pounds each, thirty-nine weeks along, a full 24 hours of labor w...

Banana Bread You can make lemonade out of lemons and you can make banana bread out of over ripe bananas. I hate to waste food, especially...

We were psychosis buddies and around the same age, but that’s about all we shared in common. We were rivals as he wore his Alabama shirt ...

One Morning, I picked up my son and his little legs wrapped around my waist. He grabbed ahold of my gold cross around my neck. He stared ...

It was Sunday. It was also Veteran’s Day. I had no desire to attend church, but my son encouraged me to get dressed and head out the door...

Cake. Cake, it’s a good thing in this world. It’s a hallmark of celebratory times. It comes in many flavors, colors, and sizes. There are...