Can I Trust Jesus with Bertie?

  It’s been a week of peaks and valleys, and it’s only Thursday. We closed our VBS service last night on a high note, and then I returned home to find out my beloved Bertie is missing. Bertie showed up on our doorstep three years ago, flea infested,...

Thank you Prayer Warriors

Thank you to those who prayed for me last month. A staff member commented that she’d noticed a difference in my behavior within the last two weeks. It was almost as if I didn’t have a care in the world when she knew I had many issues calling for my attention. I felt...

How to Survive Storms and Thorns

We all face seasons of storms and thorns. My mother died unexpectedly in 2003, and her funeral was the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. I attended Daddy’s funeral on that same holiday in 2004. He was laughing one day, gone the next. All three of my siblings...

Would You Be A Bold Witness?

A stranger stood in front of me at an event and ranted, “You should be fired!” She shouted. My jaw dropped. When she stopped spewing venom, I asked, “What services are we not offering that you’d like to see.” She stepped back and scorched me with a hateful look. “It’s...

1000 Wins

Congratulations to Coach Mike Krzyzewski for his 1000th win. As a Kentucky Wildcat Basketball fan, it’s difficult for me to pat him on the back when some of those victories were losses for my favorite basketball team. Photo: Rob Kinnon, USA Today Sports Few of us will...

Seasoned With Salt

Colossians 4:6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you know how to answer everyone. This verse crossed my reading this week, and I keep pondering, ‘seasoned with salt?’ Salt is used as a preservative and also enhances the flavor...