Let me tell you about my Mr. Wonderful: incredible, intelligent, indwelled, and interested in me! His ministry as a Christian counselor honed his feminine understanding skills so much that I envied him myself. And it didn’t hurt that he flashed a big, Pepperdent-white grin and raced around in a red sports car.
Read more
Not long ago, on a flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta, my plane lost an engine. It didn’t actually get “lost.” We knew where it was. Located right beneath my seat in row 36. Apparently,
Read more
Are you the survivor of an abortion? Adopted? Someone who wonders about the truth of their past? Have you had an abortion? Adopted a child? Given a child up for adoption? Are you a married
Read more
There we were, enjoying Florida sunshine. Granted, when Wisconsin weather hit the seventies a couple weeks ago, we got patio furniture out, and we began delighting in the out of doors. Still, walking sand beaches,
Read more
My contribution to the conversation lessened as they switched from one dialect to another and I was only able to make out bits and pieces of the topics being discussed.
Read more
Addictions suck. They’re designed to suck love from the heart, reason from the mind and connection from the soul. They do the job intended. Drugs get you high, alcohol gets you drunk, pornography gets you
Read more
My prayer journals are filled with it. My mind is too crowded with it. My heart is weighed down by it. My future is inhibited by it. My hope is dimmed by it. My life
Read more
A stiff breeze caught the horses’ manes and flicked their golden locks onto the young girl’s cheeks as she nuzzled her four-legged friends. Chelsea* had come a long way from her troubled childhood. Through the horses’ unconditional love she was beginning to heal from a young life marred by the unspeakable. She felt acceptance. She felt valued. And she was beginning to open her heart to the Savior’s love.
Read more
Daddy was the first. The first one I loved unconditionally. I first one I loved unselfishly. Other loves came and went. Some even came and stayed, like the precious love of my dear husband. But my love for Daddy was the first love that was totally pure—void of bias and ulterior motive.
Read more
I must admit that I was one of those who resisted the social networking craze that has swept the world over the last few years. Seriously, don’t we have enough to keep us busy as
Read more