“You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.” Robert Louis Stevenson “As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.” 1 Peter 4:10 Over the last couple of weeks I have talked to several people who…
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Forward in Hope: My Word for 2025
“Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.” — C S Lewis Do you choose a word for the year? I tried it a few years ago, and my word was HOPE. It was a desire that there was more to life than the struggle I was…
The First Gift of Christmas
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” Charles Dickens – A Christmas Carol “Christmas doesn’t come from a store, maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more.” Dr. Seuss – How the Grinch Stole Christmas What was the first gift of Christmas? I often watch a…
Do You Hear Me Now?
“There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.“ G. K. Chesterton “My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice…
Retelling: What’s Your Story?
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us. (Hebrews 12:1) “If you don’t recount your family history, it will be lost….
Fall Is Coming: Planning to Fail?
“I will be calm; I will be mistress of myself.” Elinor, Sense and Sensibility “For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?” Luke 14:28 The smell of fall coming always energizes me. It’s my favorite time of year, but…
Whose Report Are You Listening To?
“You can’t know, you can only believe—or not.” C. S. Lewis Have you ever gotten totally different reports of the same event? I’m sure if you watch more than one news source or social media, then you have. Who are you to believe? I attended the Write His Answer Conference at the beginning…
Looking for a thrill ride read? Check out this series!
Target Acquired (Lake City Heroes Book #2): by Lynette Eason My rating: 5 of 5 stars Target Acquired by Lynette Eason is another thrill ride. This second installment to the Lake City Heroes series is just as good as the first. I am invested in this group of characters, and I can’t wait for the…
Facing Giants: Who Are You Looking At?
“Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life.” Joni Eareckson Tada “While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” (2 Corinthians 4:18) Who or what…
One Step Forward: What’s Holding You Back?
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.” C. S. Lewis “Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.” Philippians 2:4 What’s holding you back? Are you humble or faithless? I think many of us have come to believe a false definition…