Encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. –1 Thessalonians 5:11 Mark Twain once said, “I can live two months on one good compliment.” I believe most people […]
A Worthy Top Ten List
In my last blog, I wrote about the Vineyard Justice Network and that I would report back in this blog about the conference. Well, my trip fell though at the last minute so I have […]
“First World” Whine and Cheese
The brand new dishwasher refused to work; a horrible stench permeated the air in the laundry room because of a malfunctioning thingamajig; a broken clothes dryer and broken glassware; eight days and two service calls […]
There’s No One Like My God
It’s been almost 15 years now that I’ve been clean. And every once in a while I’m startled into a reminder of how much I’ve been saved from. I had a terrible dream. In the […]
Change My Heart O God…
Change My Heart O God… Yet, O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. –Isaiah 64:8 In college, I […]
Having a Heart Like His
“Having a Heart Like His: Engaging with Scriptures” and “Having a Heart Like His: Joining in God’s Work” will be our two workshops that you can choose from tomorrow night. Join us for Women’s Evening […]
In the Muck of Life
God uses broken people like you and me to rescue broken people like you and me—Eddie Cortes The young mom and mother-in-law trudged through the cattle corral in deep, thick, gooey, […]
The Power of Choice
This summer, my husband Mario, our eldest daughter Lindsay and I accompanied our youngest daughter Grace on her maiden journey of buying a new car. It was a great experience! We laughed a lot during the process of choosing […]
Caring for the Lost and Least
Mark Twain once remarked that it was not the things that he did not understand in the Bible that bothered him, it was the things that he did understand. Mr. Twain was a wise man. […]
The Good, Bad, and Ugly
When I was young I would think about being a good girl, the pressure to be what my parents needed was immense in my life. Yet, I still felt loved and safe amongst the chaos […]