Since the beginning of 2020, I have inadvertently wandered off the wide road of beliefs in my walk with the Lord. It wasn't the goal but I wouldn't want to be anywhere other than this peaceful, narrow path. Even though it can be emotionally lonely seeing few others walking in the same direction, spiritually it never is. Holy Spirit is leading the way into His timeless truth. He is clearing the cloud of deception that hovers over most of the American church and once hindered my now confident faith. I still believe most of what I wrote in my two previous books, Called: A Firebrand and Unadulterated, but I also have a lot of new thoughts and this is where I write them.
Sometimes it takes completing a blog post before I decide on a title. This particular post is different. I wrote the title only and saved it as a draft back in July. The only thing saved was the title because Events that Shape Us stirred something...
When the funeral director suggested we each write a letter to our mom and place it in the coffin with her I shrugged at the suggestion. She wasn’t going to read it so what was the point? I don’t believe the all-too-common statement that...
In March 2020, when the lockdowns began, I told everyone in my family, “There is no way Americans will put up with this overreach for very long.” I imagined that people across the country would demand, even fight, for their blood-bought freedoms...
RIGHTEOUSNESS IS CREATIVITY UNLEASHED Just a few days ago as I was driving in my car, I heard God say: “My creatives haven’t been welcomed in the church for a long time. The church needs them. It needs their out-of-the-box thinking and...
I answered her call on the first ring, and for anyone who knows me, that in itself was nearly a miracle. We hadn’t spoken in months which is completely normal. We are friends who need not speak often to know that our love for each other is always...
You won’t usually find me writing much about the Christmas season. It’s not my thing. Although I sometimes put up a tree, always bake a slew of Christmas cookies, happily shop and wrap presents, and occasionally smile begrudgingly. I do all of this...
