Lets Face it–The Happy Ending is All I Want.
“He killed a man in his younger years.” Don, my painter and dear friend shared, as we drove home from an out of town install. After a long day of being buried in boxes, we arranged the [Read more...]
Life & Work
How To Keep Your Eye On the Prize in a World of Distractions
After a full day of shopping, bone-tired exhaustion set in. I "deserved” a treat. I smiled and slurped my hot chai as I strolled down the terminal. Shopping is work. Hard work with aching feet to [Read more...]
What Choices Would You Make if You Only Had Thirty-eight Minutes to Live? Three Steps to Living Thankful
The text message screamed, “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL”. What followed was thirty-eight excruciating minutes of terror. An ordered world [Read more...]
Fight For Your Life: Seven Steps to Become a Prayer Warrior
Puzzlement washed over her guest. “What is this room?” The ancient homeowner’s bright eyes twinkled at the question. Her grin only increased the wrinkles covering her face like an unironed shirt. [Read more...]
What Do You Want Most in 2018? Secret To Success—Toss Your Resolutions List
The pounds snuck up in a cruel game of mid-life Truth or Dare. Those sneaky ones somehow crept into my middle section and dared me to get rid of them. The kind of pounds that pop buttons, and squeeze [Read more...]
Move Over Santa, Our Joy is in Jesus
As she slid the register drawer open and and fisted my change, I chirped, "Merry Christmas." She returned the greeting in like, but then turned square on, and scowled, “I’m over it. I wish it was done [Read more...]
When Sin Sticks Like Christmas Glitter: How Jesus Lasers it Away
It winks and shines and teases. The minuscule particles stick like super glue to my skin. Glitter remains my constant companion and overzealous friend from the end of October, until all the Christmas [Read more...]
Black Friday Brawl: Five Things to Focus on When You Are on The Brink of Losing Your Christmas Joy
It’s two weeks to Christmas people! Does that statement make your worry level rise or your heart flutter with joy? Does it make your head spin and your tension explode like the top of a pressure [Read more...]
Three Ways to Find Your Footing When The Heat of the Moment Causes You to Lose Your Mind
THE PREACHER WAS CAUGHT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF A MUD-SLINGING WORD WAR! Hold the phone… An Oklahoma University football season ticket holder, he knows all the devotees in the sea of red [Read more...]
What Pushes Your Buttons? Five Names You Don’t Want To Be Called And Three Ways To Stop the Labels
My doorbell won’t work. The whole mechanism is only a year old, so what the heck?? Is that why it was on sale for $29.99? Because retailers know you will be buying a new one every year? Which slowly [Read more...]