3 THINGS I DON’T WANT TO HEAR IN A SERMON

I don’t like sharing negative media, but I heard, read and saw some things this week that are completely against my belief, knowledge and understanding of Jesus Christ and the Word God delivered to us, His people, through Jesus....

A Fucked-Up Life and God

It is one of the deep blessings in life to realize that our imperfect lives and experiences can be used to offer hope at the perfect moment. God is so good. Continue to turn to Him and surrender your heart and spirit – repeatedly. {Click the link to read this post by Cyndy Lavoie.}

A grown man cried in my arms tonight.

From my own experience, it's when I try my hardest to be strong - exhibiting my idea of strength, anyway - that I am the most brittle. In my brittleness, I easily break. However, as I learned again that evening, it is in my gentleness that others see power and strength in me.

I Believe in Love: An evening with Elton John

Two simple words. Spoken to people in response of the misery they continually dump into my my life - my ears, my mind, my heart, my spirit. People who refuse to deal with their problems partly because they usually have a sympathetic listener in me. As soon as I feel my eyes glaze over, the words slip out...

Book Review: DAVID AND GOLIATH by Malcolm Gladwell

The stories in David and Goliath reconfirmed that all the challenges in my own life have been blessings. Certainly, in the short-term, pain does not feel like a blessing. But the way you process your pain and build from it over time, strengthens you and adds wisdom and insight that you otherwise would not have.