"But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands, so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to...

"You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that...

Do you ever wish for more peace, love, or joy? Perhaps you remember when patience, kindness, and goodness seemed to be in abundant...

I could see my breath as I put on a second layer of socks. Two layers of pants were already on. Pulling on my gloves, I spotted the black...

Have you ever heard the phrase, “pause between stimulus and response?” Austrian psychotherapist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl...

As I write this last blog of 2022, it is Christmas day, seven days are left before the new year, and my brother is dying. This year has...

What is it about life which causes us to look ahead? We look forward to the change of seasons, school starting, school ending, vacations,...

“Entrust your work to the Lord, and your planning will succeed.” Proverbs 16:3 (ESV) I had failed. As I walked to my office to gather my...

Family gatherings, holiday parties, winter sickness, traveling, and missing loved ones who have passed away can leave everyone worn out...

Who loves a good story? I know I do. And the best stories are the ones where we get to know someone better. A surefire way to engage...

Where are you? I know where I was. It was many years ago, and as Chaplain, I liked to go and visit the various spiritual group meetings...

What if the opposite of "out of control" is "freedom"? Why do people associate freedom with the ability to do whatever they want,...

Shhhh....it is a secret, so you cannot tell anyone. Did you know you were meant to be found? God is looking for you. When The Hiding...

I was angry, furious. Livid. Enraged. Vexed. Ill-tempered. So full of rage toward the "others" that nothing I did would quiet the storm...

"You need to stop feeling sorry for yourself." Devastation flooded through my 14-year-old self. That was not what I expected from the...

By now, if you have been reading from the beginning of this series, you have caught on to what I mean by voice. It is a noun and a verb....

As a pastor's wife, I have had quite a few people talk about their inability to serve God in a way that makes a difference. Like so many...

If this is the first of my blogs you read, I must let you know we are going deep. You may need to read a sentence or paragraph more than...

As I sit to write this third and final blog of the Attention series, the irony is, I am struggling to focus. Not a joke. God has a sense...

After reading my first Harry Potter book, I wished I could have been a wizard and gone to Hogwarts. My favorite line from all the books...