Invitation to Divine Friendship
As we wrap up celebrating Christmas and start setting goals for the new year, I am humbled to recount past blessings, recognizing the many times God stepped into my life to make adjustments and [...]
My Battle Scars will be Healed
I live in a community where many of my friends went to the same university. Even though we have similar likes and hobbies, and were there at the same time, we didn’t know each [...]
Filling the Hole of Rejection
A couple of months ago I wrote how I enjoy escaping into books and stories. I stumbled on the one I am going to highlight today, as I was reading about how God wrestled [...]
When a Believer Closes Their Eyes For The Last Time
Recently, I was given the opportunity to research what Heaven will be like, with the focus: “What happens when a Believer closes their eyes for the last time?” Regardless if you are young or old, healthy [...]
Escaping with Good Stories
“In a far-off forest, there was a lovely princess, who lived happily ever after .…” One of the luxuries the 2020 quarantine brought me was to dive nose-first into books, lingering in bed in [...]
Do You Struggle to Believe? Let God Reveal Himself to You.
Being a teenager brings about new experiences, new friends, new boundaries…and new pushbacks. While my hope for our teen son and daughter is that they will avoid too many permanent scars, I know that [...]
Caught, Convicted, Redeemed!
Have you ever had your spouse come home and tell you about a work celebration he forgot to mention? That’s exactly what happened two weeks ago, and as annoyed as I was at first, [...]
Two Tickets to Paradise, Only One Redeemed
Have you ever noticed how frequently it storms on Good Friday between 12-3pm? My family and I comment on it every year. Regardless if Easter falls in March or April, if we are home [...]
Spiritual Milk – A Supplement to THRIVE
As you read in the footnotes of my STORY blog last month, I’ve had a new family member enter my life, right at the end of his. Denny Pattyn is my second cousin and dying of [...]