Years ago, I was really, really afraid to fly. My husband worked for an airline so about once a year we would board a plane for our family vacation. Well,...
Tomorrow my daughter graduates from high school. The last 13 years of training and learning will come to an end. As she walks down the aisle tomorrow in cap...
This week and maybe next week I'll be sharing with you about one of the words we use a great deal . . . faith. Hebrews 11:1 says, "Now faith is being sure of...
The next observation we make concerning faith is one most people overlook and rarely is it preached about but it is the most pivotal in walking toward and...
As we live by faith we begin to realize what God spoke to us may not happen overnight . . . that faith is a process. And it is during this process of living...
I love the story of David and Goliath; how it speaks to me about the real heart of David . . . the heart that burned with a passion for righteousness, a...
Through David's life we have learned that faith is a process and there are battles of failed expectations and giants to be fought. The next battle David must...
When David was anointed by Samuel to be king around the age of 13-15, I'm sure David never expected all the turns and circumstances that would come to play in...
So much has happened in David's life since he was anointed by Samuel to be the next king of Israel . . . so much to cause him to want to give up and quit. But...
As David was enduring his wilderness, I'm amazed that he had the chance to end his wilderness experience but he did not. I mean, when you have the chance to...
It has been approximately 15-17 years since Samuel called David in from the fields to anoint him the next king of Israel. David's walk of faith has been...
I'm really not sure how I want to close this time of learning from the life of David. We could talk about his excitement in bringing the Ark of the Covenant...
Over the weekend, I've been thinking about something . . . something I haven't fully put my mind around, but I'm continuing to meditate on it . . . to give it...
Yesterday we saw the bigger picture of what it meant that Adam was created in the image of God . . . Adam was a reflection of God. Not only is Adam created in...
The other night Gray and I settled onto the couch to watch the final game of the Stanley Cup hockey series. As I sat there, I was amazed how life changes....
Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak at an Assisted Living Facility for the elderly. As I began to pray about what to share I began to feel I should share...
On my way to work, at the same intersection, there is a young man selling our local newspaper to people who are stopped at the traffic light. Typically he is...
Last week I mentioned to you that Gray and I loved watching the Stanley Cup playoffs and final this year. Since we live in North Carolina, I became a...
Sometimes as a mother, wife, and pastor I feel overwhelmed. I mean when you think about all we do sometimes it's exhausting just to think about it much less...
One of the things that really mess people up is watching people. Now don't get me wrong I love to watch people; put me in the airport or mall and I'll be...
Life has a way of throwing us all a curve ball at one time or another. You know what I mean . . . everything is going along OK and then an unexpected phone...
Today and tomorrow we will be celebrating our nation's birthday. It's a time to pause and remember the price many paid for our freedom and the price many are...
Today is America's birthday. It's a day to celebrate, to relax and to eat. It's also a time to say thank you to those who are serving in our armed forces and...
Do you know the name of Abraham's father? I bet you don't. Without looking it up, I didn't remember it either. We all know about Abraham . . . Jews, Gentiles...
When Abraham left his father's family and country and set out to find the place God would show him, I'm sure he traveled with a mixture of excitement and fear...
You may remember that God promised Abraham that a son, coming from his own body, would be born to him and that his offspring would be like the stars in the...
Failure, condemnation, fear, not measuring up, are you feeling any of these emotions today? I listen to many people who can't seem to get out from under the...
When I think of the unconditional love of God I can't help but think of the story of Jonah because not one person in the story of Jonah deserved God's love,...
When I was a child and I heard the story of Jonah, I focused on the big fish coming and swallowing Jonah and how cool it must have been to be inside a fish for...
Even though Jonah was self-centered, arrogant, and blatantly disobedient, the Lord provided a fish to swallow Jonah and there he stayed for three day and three...
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