Five Lessons I Learned on My Way to Sobriety
“And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,...
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How Much Difference Do You Make?
On January 18th of this year, I retired after 25 years of teaching high school English in public schools in Louisiana. Teaching was...
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Let Your Love Echo
By Kellie Coates Gilbert I hate to admit this, but my decision to live my life for Christ left me in fear He might make me go live in...
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Sitting at the embassy gates
“So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us.” 2 Corinthians 20 NLT Oh, my. Does my daily life...
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My Whispers to God
Let me not react, but act instead. Let me realize that feelings are fleeting and fickle, and emotions too often manipulated by people,...
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Don’t miss your appointment with God
I’m rereading John Ortberg’s God Is Closer Than You Think:This Can Be the Greatest Moment of Your Life Because This Moment Is...
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Take a Walk on the Wild Side with Jenny B. Jones
But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me...
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Whatever It Takes
Hank Phillippi Ryan wrote a blog post entitled Sob Sisters, about crying, and that she cries at everything. I almost cried because I...
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How being a drunk can save your life and teach you to savor Jesus
When I became a sober person, I committed to what–in Alcoholics Anonymous–is called a 90/90. Ninety meetings in 90 days....
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Daughters…one day you’ll fill their shoes
If you’re the mother of a teenager daughter (or daughters–mercy), and you’re wondering why God hasn’t extended you...
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If you want to move mountains, you’ll need a Mustard Seed
Over twenty-five years ago, I couldn’t have imagined that Sarah or I would have the opportunity to write this chapter in my...
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He won’t come to the party without an invitation
“Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.”...
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Connecting with your teens before they set sail…
They did it again! Last month, my senior writing class shared how their parents could best help them succeed in school in a post entitled...
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God watches us watch them
You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.” Psalm 139:15 NLT When my...
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How to Avoid Helicopter Parenting (at least until June)
In January, everyone welcomes the new year, new resolves, new opportunities. New.New. New. School in January? Old. Old. Old. The eager...
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Invest in yourself: Five Suggestions for a Healthier 2012
Climb the highest mountain? Swim the deepest sea? Answer, for once and for all, the burning question: “Where’s Waldo”? Impossible?...
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Good things arrive in small moments
“For who has despised the day of small things?” Zechariah 4:10 My precious grandgirls: Hannah’s smile. Emma’s voice...
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Sowing in tears…waiting for shouts of joy
Note from Christa: Today is the eve of my 59th birthday, and I had planned to write about all that has challenged and inspired me, pushed...
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How To Restore A Broken Relationship
by Waylon Bailey Can a relationship be restored? Can a marriage plagued with infidelity become a marriage again? Can broken trust ever be...
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What Do You Do When the Pain is Deep?
by Robin Prater This morning while on facebook I looked on my home page and there before my eyes were pictures of my beautiful...
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Lifting Us Off the Page
by Matthew Kreider Word by word, time stretches across the nouns and verbs of my day, like a long, linear blue ribbon from the edge of a...
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For The One In Need
“I know that the Lord upholds the cause of the needy.” Psalm140:12 Nearly every day as we drive home, we stop at a corner that is...
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