Category: Faith

  • Be Kind: Here’s How

    I had the privilege of meeting my friend Sandi Joy just a couple of months ago at a conference/retreat for Christian women comedians, speakers, and writers. In fact, Sandi was the first person I met when I arrived at the hotel. It was a “dark and stormy night” kind of Sunday afternoon, and I had…

  • Three Reasons to Be Kind Today

    This world that we live in can be pretty hard on us, can’t it? Some days I feel discouraged about the things I feel are a constant battle.  Sometimes I find at the end of the day that I am  physically, emotionally, and psychologically exhausted.  And as my head hits the pillow and I reflect over…

  • Speechless

    Have you ever felt something very deeply and tried to explain to someone else what you were feeling; instead, you found yourself absolutely speechless?  The hymn, “The Love of God,” speaks to the impossibility of our ever fully being able to describe how deeply we are loved by God. In Ephesians 3:19, the Apostle Paul…

  • A funny thing happened on the way home from the solar eclipse….

    A friend of mine and I made the trek to North Georgia to see the total solar eclipse. It was amazing. Sitting in a field of sunshine, surrounded by the green lush mountains of North Georgia, listening to a musician and visiting with friends- though we had some clouds covering up the Big Event, we…

  • Soul De-tox

    I am sitting here drinking my after-dinner detox tea. I also call it my “hippie” tea. It’s got burdock root and dandelion fuzz and probably some sort of ground-up insect. It’s not terrible tasting if you put enough honey and lemon in it, and it obviously does what it’s supposed to do.  This stuff is…

  • Second Breakfast

    For several years, my Daddy and I had summers off together. He was living the dream of his last career as a paraprofessional at Perry Middle School, and I was working in various positions in the Christian School ministry field.  Every morning, he would get up early with Mama. They would have coffee, read the…

  • Inside-Out

    Recently I discovered a Facebook group of fellow Hashimoto’s sufferers. I have been reading with heavy heart the posts from people who are trying to figure out their bodies in light of all of the havoc that this disease introduces. So much frustration, desperation, determination, and defeat tinged with sweet, and sometimes too brief, moments…

  • Writing Your Life’s Story

    One day we will blink and this life we know will be over. While we still have a chance, let’s love with a pure heart, because only a pure heart can break through the darkness in our world. Let’s laugh with the joy and gladness that comes from lasting goodness, and not merely passing fancy.…

  • Take Your Medicine

    Autoimmune disease often comes with the nasty little issue we like to call “chronic pain.” Man, do I hate that stuff. About three years ago, I discovered a treatment for autoimmune disease that is rarely prescribed.

  • Are you asking too much?

    Maybe I’m not the only one who has had lifelong struggles with various things- with circumstances I’ve asked the Lord to intervene, to fix or make better, or to equip me to bear more graciously. But the answers don’t seem to come, despite years and years of praying and working. But I continue to pray,…