God doesn’t change his mind, he doesn’t vacillate or throw out a “maybe” or an “I don’t know, we’ll see.“ He never takes back a single promise he’s made because every promise of God has already been answered with a resounding “YES” and “AMEN” in...

I would be an absolute nut case if I did not lay out the pieces of my heart and mind to God first thing in the morning. Today is one of those mornings. So much ahead of me today that my mind was already racing...

Eighteen years ago today we walked down the aisle together, taking our first steps as husband and wife. But this morning, we climbed a mountain together. We’d heard there were spectacular views and a huge waterfall at the top; but in order to see it...

It’s Thursday, January 4th. The new year has launched, the ship is pulling away from the pier… and you’re still packing your dang bags. You feel panic setting in because you don’t have Christmas put away yet. You don’t have a 2018 calendar yet. You...

God is so gracious to give us new beginnings. Lamentations 3:22-23 tells us that God’s compassion and mercy is “new” every single day. And today is a new beginning- the first month of a new year. This is your chance to begin again! Look back...

“You have cancer.” That’s a sentence that will strike fear in your heart. Cancer is one of those “Goliath” kinds of things- big, looming, loud, threatening. For anyone who hears the word cancer associated with his or her own name it’s flat out scary– even for...

It’s October. The first full month of autumn. The month that brings us cooler weather, a beautiful change of color in the trees, the World Series, pumpkin everything… and lots and lots of PINK, reminding us that October is also “Breast Cancer Awareness Month.” I...

Write Your Obituary and Bury Your Old Self… Once and for all! I have friends who’ve made reading the obituary page of the newspaper part of their morning routine. Without fail they grab their coffee and open up the obits to read about the dearly departed. I...