The Hurried Path

I just had the priviledge of editing the June Newsletter for Intentional Moms and the last paragraph was so practical and poignant that I wanted to share it with you: Wisdom says we prepare for tomorrow. Scripture says to pay attention to today since it is all we have...

Why Sami Writes

In 2001, Sami’s mentor asked her what she was doing with her writing. When she discovered she had multiple notebooks filled with insights from God, she told her, “God doesn’t give us things to hold on to; He gives them to us to share. If you don’t put these out there,...

Live for the Lord

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. – Psalm 1:1-2   This first Psalm is a clear...

The Performance Trap

I just spoke to an old and dear friend this morning who recently had her first child and just returned to work. She shared how much she missed her baby already, but felt more like herself when she was working. “Of course,” I replied. When we work, even...

What do you believe?

In church this Saturday we saw a homemade video from Penn Gilette (of Penn & Teller fame). It was a rough cut, but in it he essentially described how he was a true atheist, yet had met a kind fan who, after some very honest and unsoliticed flattery, gave him a...

Get in the Word Daily

This year, and for the rest of your lives, make it a habit to read the bible every day.  Many of us have been guilty of surviving on snippets of scripture or simply reading Christian books.  Reading the Bible is crucial to our Christian walk.  It is much easier to...