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August 2018

August 02, 2018
Where I live, the rain has been coming down for days. I don’t mind summer...

July 2018

July 30, 2018
In some parts of the world, the title of this blog would be taken literally....
July 27, 2018
I have learned a lot about finding joy in everyday life from my young daughter....
July 18, 2018
My husband loves golf. He's a good player too. Who knows - maybe he'll even...
July 15, 2018
I couldn’t help finding out about it. After all, #GodIsAWoman was a trending hashtag on...
July 12, 2018
According to Lifeway, Vacation Bible School (VBS) began in 1898 and reaches 2.5 million people...
July 08, 2018
I recently heard a new-ish song by Luke Bryan. I remembered him from American Idol and...
July 05, 2018
My child isn’t my adopted daughter. She’s my daughter. Adoption is just one part of...
July 01, 2018
Adoption is a place where joy and sorrow meet. While it is never born from...

May 2018

May 30, 2018
Trust. I used to teach my therapy clients that this is on a spectrum. For...
May 27, 2018
I know a lot of service members and veterans. I am the wife of an...
May 23, 2018
In high school, I loved going on trips with my church youth group.  On one...
May 10, 2018
This is my first official Mother’s Day as a mom. It’s been four years since...
May 07, 2018
The controversy continues within the Southern Baptist Convention surrounding Dr. Paige Patterson. I blogged about...
May 01, 2018
Last month, Backpage was shut down. Similar to Craig’s List, the classifieds website was accused of...

April 2018

April 23, 2018
Evangelist David Ring has a powerful testimony. Despite cerebral palsy and a serious speech impediment,...
April 18, 2018
Like many people, there have been numerous times in my life when I have felt...
April 11, 2018
Someone I know announced an affair via social media. I don't know this individual well,...
April 08, 2018
American Christians have lost our boldness. Perhaps we were never bold to begin with. Look...
April 03, 2018
When I was a teenager, I disliked the term “evangelical.” It didn’t make sense to...

March 2018

March 25, 2018
In Matthew 27:10, Jesus talks to some women. It wasn’t unusual for Jesus. His interactions...
March 19, 2018
With Easter less than two weeks away, there is no better time to focus on...
March 11, 2018
As a licensed social worker and national certified counselor; as the director of a professional...
March 09, 2018
Have you ever peopled watched? You know – where you sit at a table in...
March 05, 2018
After a recent, and rare, evening out, my husband and I asked my baby-sitter sister...

February 2018

February 28, 2018
By all accounts, Reverend Billy Graham was a good man. He lived for 99 years...
February 26, 2018
Shortly after returning from my first speaker and writer conference over 5 years ago, I...
February 21, 2018
The famed evangelist one said, “Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is...
February 19, 2018
Dealing with grief is hard. Even as a licensed social worker, I struggled with this....
February 14, 2018
This time last year, I shared the following blog on my website... The year was...
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