• Four Thoughts for Holy Week

    Holy Week is an opportunity for us to take the time to clear away the clutter and busy of our lives to focus on those things that are of eternal importance. So often our thoughts and hearts get distracted by things that don’t feed our souls. This week, I am making the time to meditate…

  • 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…

  • What if…?

    What if none of this is about me, but instead, it’s all about Him? What if church was never meant to be a support group for married people, for single people, for widowed people, for mothers, for fathers, for the childless, for children, for young adults, for old adults?

  • 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…

  • The Wondrous Gift

    Isaiah 9:6; Luke 2:1-7 Jesus has come. The final advent candle, the Christ candle has been lit. Today is a time for joy and celebration. Christmas is not about family, though it brings families together. Christmas is not about doing good things for others, though we should rightly seek ways to be kind and charitable.…

  • Hope of All the Earth

    Christmas Eve enters the scene. Amid all the songs and decorations, the wonderful aromas and flavors of once-a-year indulgences brewing in the kitchen, I hear the sounds of a world that is no different than it is any other day of the year. There are still wars, still diseases, still famine, still crime…. What’s different,…

  • All Is Calm

    Luke 2:17-19 Tonight, the distinction between the shepherds’ response to finding Jesus and Mary’s response to being in the presence of God has made an impression on me.

  • They Looked Up

  • Hush the Noise

    Luke 2:8-10