My daughter Brienne is at the age where she likes to hang out with her friends more than she likes to hang out with our family. She is always either at a friend’s house or a friend is at our house. She has one particularly sweet and sassy friend that spends the night a lot. …
Read More about A Spiritual Lesson from a Cold Cup of Coffee
Latest from the Blog
How to Help a Friend’s Struggling Marriage
You get a late night call from a good friend. Right away, you can tell there’s tension in her voice. She small talks with you, but you can tell something is amiss because she’s not her usual self. Finally after some prodding from you, she opens the flood gates. This was the reason she called. …
Read More about How to Help a Friend’s Struggling Marriage
How to Turn a Bad Day Around
There are good days…..and there are bad days. I was thinking recently, on a really hard day, what it looks like for me to go through a day such as this. What makes a day difficult is irrelevant. It does not matter the specifics in as much as the emotions can be the same for …
Read More about How to Turn a Bad Day Around
Listen to the Voice of Truth
Have you ever felt like God is asking too much of you? That you don’t have what it takes? That you want to obey, but it’s all just too difficult and too scary? I’ve been there many times. I like the idea of stepping out in faith, in bold obedience, and I know in my …
Read More about Listen to the Voice of Truth
Your Past is the Past: Take a Step of Faith
Step one of my recovery journey began with admitting I have a problem with co-dependency and controlling others. I admitted I am powerless over my addictions, brokenness and sinful patterns—that in my own power my life is unmanageable. Taking the first step toward healing my brokenness was not easy. I still have days where Satan …
Read More about Your Past is the Past: Take a Step of Faith
Discover What Makes Your Soul Sing
Have you ever read Proverbs 31 and realized that this talented woman has her hands in a lot of different things? Buying and selling. Clothing her household. Land ownership and management. Gathering and distributing supplies to her household, the poor, the needy, and others. She is using her mind, her soul, her hands and body …
Read More about Discover What Makes Your Soul Sing