Walk in freedom and passion for life
Oh how we love playing the Blame Game. It all started in the Garden of Eden. Fortunately, one king resisted the urge and took responsibility for his mistakes. King David made some extremely bad choices—not being where he should have been, adultery, cover-up and even conspiracy to commit murder. And he pretty much got away […]
I met with a friend one day and for some reason, we started talking about codependency, a subject I recognized from weeding it out of my own life. It took a long time to open myself enough to see the condition in my past. Its presence surprised me, especially in so me relationships. Codependency often appears […]
Searing pain propelled my hand into retreat mode. I barely brushed the top rack while removing pizza from the oven that night. Ice calmed the immediate pain, leaving it numb, but a constant throb throughout the evening reminded me of the burn. That’ll leave a scar. I didn’t have to be a genius to arrive […]
Conqueror. A victor, champion, overcomer. An overwhelming force. I am hupernikos. I am more than a conqueror.But I don’t always feel like it. I love spring. After the coldness of winter, the beauty of the season renews my spirit. But then summer comes much too quickly, and I long for fall. With the first crisp morning, […]
I plan to post something more personal later this week. But I’m excited about the #Perfect Love Conference this weekend. This event is primarily intended to raise awareness about human trafficking, learning what we can do to help and challenging us to take action. I can’t help but believe the Lord is up to more. […]
We call it procrastination, a nasty habit often ending in defeat. Did you ever notice how a day becomes a week? Then the week turns into months. Before long, several months pass and those things you meant to do never get finished. I’m guilty.But maybe—just maybe—this thing of procrastination goes much deeper than putting things […]
“We will never end homelessness until we deal with issues of the heart.” Excerpts from Chapter 1 Lori’s words rang through my mind and stuck there as an unforgettable memory I’d rather forget. I looked into the faces and eyes of people at the shelter. Some smiled and seemed rather joyful while others oozed pain […]
When I moved into my home, the previous homeowner left a beautiful vegetable garden. The first year, I tended the remaining food growing there. The next year, I traveled for work in the spring, and never got around to preparing the garden or planting anything. The result—worthless fallow ground. One Saturday this year, while spring […]
No other word so quickly takes the mind to a sexual connotation in our culture. But passion runs much deeper. Ironically, when you look up passion in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the first entry refers to the suffering of Christ between the night of the Last Supper and His death. Sexual desire falls way down at […]