Three Steps to Change a Heart My mind can’t let go of the sights and sounds I watched on TV; from a senseless death to deliberate destruction. A peaceful demonstration organized to protest senseless police violence erupted into violence and…
LIFESTYLE
The Power of Forgiveness
A spark of anger, a similar action, a betrayal of someone else brings back pain from another betrayal from long ago; that’s when I have to tell myself I still have work to do and need God’s help to forgive.
The Challenge of Disappointments
Disappointments arrive in all sorts of sizes and shapes. Most of the time we can just pass over them with ease. Sometimes, disappointments live on for days. These are the ones rooted in I. I didn’t get what I want.…
The Importance of Community
When I returned to the family cabin for the summer months my goal was to develop a community where I knew my neighbors. I invited the neighbors I saw to come to happy hour every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday which…
A Morning Conversation
My heart quieted from my to-do list to a peaceful place as I gazed at the top of Middle mountain through treetops two-hundred feet above the creek. Most of them well over a hundred years old.
How Satan’s Lies Are Like Dandelions
Beware of deep-rooted fears. Have you ever tried to pull dandelions from a flowerbed after a soaking rain? I love pulling weeds from my garden after a rain. The air holds a fresh clean smell mingled with wet earth and…