by Sami | Nov 14, 2013 | Faith, Faith in Action, My Story, Sorrow, Worry
We serve a big God. Some of you may be thinking, “Duh…that’s like lesson one in Sunday School when we’re 5 years old!” But for someone like me who came to know Christ in my mid-20’s and is the daughter of a Jewish lawyer born during...
by Sami | Dec 24, 2012 | Faith, Joy, My Story, Sorrow
While most of us know Christmas as the “Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, I would venture to guess there is a much larger population than we think who are hurting during the holidays. I recently heard Mandisa’s song, “Christmas Makes Me...
by Sami | Sep 4, 2012 | Busyness, Faith, Faith in Action, My Story, Sorrow
We’ve started the long road home to Nashville… It’s hard to believe that just a week ago I received the call from my husband that his dad had passed away and hours later I piled our two kids into the mini van to make the 13 hour trek down to South...
by Sami | Jun 20, 2012 | Articles, Dad Cone, Faith, Giveaway, Sorrow, Tommy Nelson
With all that our family has gone through with Dad Cone in the past week and a half, there has been an inevitable topic that we’ve had to broach: talking about dying with our kids. At first we tried to shield them from it, but as they were around Pappy more and...
by Sami | May 14, 2010 | Devotions, Faith, God's Will, Sorrow
The Winter Olympic Games of 2002 had one controversy that stood out among the rest: the Pairs Figure Skating competition. As I, along with the rest of the world, sat in shock and watched the Canadians lose the gold medal to what seemed to be unfair judging, I wondered...
by Sami | Oct 10, 2008 | Love, Sorrow
We just returned from Savannah Clark’s home-going service: a celebration of life and the mourning of the tragic loss of a 17 year old gone too soon. How was it that someone that was such a light and encouragement in the lives of so many was herself plagued with...
