The other day, I was meeting with a new church vendor and giving her a tour of our facilities. As we passed by the bookstore, I mentioned I had written a devotional and wanted her to have a copy. She flipped it open, read a few sentences and then, immediately, slammed it shut. Tears welled […]

Have you ever left the house feeling just fine, then somewhere along the drive you realized you were sighing and grumpy? You’re not sure what happened or even sure when or where your happiness got out of the car. All you know is that…it’s GONE! Now, you’re rubbing your head and you just need Tylenol! […]

Lately, I’ve been trying to encourage you to get really serious about spending a few minutes each morning alone with God. But often, it seems we spend much of our time complaining or just issuing our “wish list” for the day. Then we tie it all up in a neat little package and put a […]

Last year, when our family was on vacation in Europe, we flew out of the airport in Italy. It was HUGE! (I definitely wore the wrong shoes that day!) All the airlines had their own check-in counters, UNLESS you were flying on Delta, American, United or one of the other US airlines. We had to […]

The other morning on our vacation, we did this “totally human” thing. We were messing around when we were supposed to be studying and praying. We were talking, dancing, playing, being silly and rolling around on the floor. All of the sudden it was time to check out of the hotel…but we hadn’t even read […]