A Flower Garden

Even the most meticulously planned life can be blindsided by tragedy and the unthinkable happens unexpectedly. Trusting God when tragedy comes, when our plans are destroyed, when our lives are laid bare is a choice. […]

The Way to Happy

The Road to Happy… They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” But they kept quiet because on the way they had […]

That Familiar Fragrance

Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me…She did what she could…” –Mark 14:6, 8a Do you ever notice perfume in the air? The wafting […]

God’s Love Endures!

With a smooth cup of coffee and Psalms 136 on my mind I sat down to write my first women’s blog for 2016. I began to reflect on 2015 and the events of this past […]

Real Women. Real Lives. Real God.

Reality! One of the things which first attracted me to the Vineyard movement was the fact that people seemed “real.” They seemed authentic and not phony.  If you were having a bad day, you didn’t […]

Your One and Only Life

You’ve only got one…life that is. “So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you:  Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work life—and place it before God as an offering.  Embracing what […]

A Season of Giving!

I love the holiday season! Decorating the house and the tree, baking pies and cookies, family celebrating together and of course all the cheesy, B-rate, sappy holiday movies!!! It is always my goal to watch […]

Where is Baby Jesus?!

Where is Baby Jesus? With the crazy busy season surrounding us, I have tried to look for ways in our home to keep Christmas about…well… about Christ!  (Of course we also tend to do too […]

The Main Thing

As Christmas approaches, those of us who follow Jesus often hear at least once during the season, “Keep the main thing, the main thing.” This means that even though the world turns Christmas into a […]

Let the Little Children Come…

“Let the little children come to me…” Matthew 19:14 85% of those who give their lives to Christ do so as a child.  (before the age of 18) Awhile back, I heard Wes Stafford, leader […]