Do you know the story of the woman with the issue of blood?  Let me share it with you… Luke 8:40-44 40 Now when Jesus came back (to  Galilee) the …

       LESSONS FROM MY FIRST HALF MARATHON I ran my first half marathon recently.  In case you don’t know, that’s 13.1 miles.  I ran that. Yay me!  As …

I was reading the Bible the other day.  I read this verse in Amos 7:8: …Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing by a vertical wall with …

I ran into a friend at the gym this morning. As soon as I saw her my eyes welled up with tears. I grabbed her and hugged her as the …

Humility I’ve been studying worship in the Old Testament for a while now.   Quite frankly, it’s been pretty boring.  There’s a lot of sacrifices – like literal, animal sacrifices.  There’s …

CHANGE I recently wrote about the church and the need for change.  I had been reading so many blogs about how the church is dying, how people are leaving.  I …

THE MOST CRAZY TIME OF THE YEAR If you are anything like me, December is the craziest month of the year. The shopping, the recitals, the parties.  Not to mention …

depraved  [dih-preyvd] adjective 1.  corrupt, wicked, or perverted.  Picture this, you are sitting in a job interview, the interviewer says, “Tell me one word that best describes you”.  I’m pretty …

LOVE THIS SONG I’ve been listening to Desperation Band’s newest release, Banner, for about a month now. I love every song on it, but there’s one song in particular that …

IT’S HOW COLD??? It was Tuesday morning at 5:20 AM.  My husband was getting ready to walk out the door and he called out, “It’s 12 degrees!”  What?! 12 degrees?? …