We all have some kind of mess in our lives, don’t we? Sometimes the mess looks like a troubled marriage, a rebellious child, financial issues, addictions, or the clutter in our homes. In my work as a home organizer, I often get invited into people’s “messes.” My clients are typically overwhelmed, drowning in stuff, and…
“Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” (John 12:24 NIV) Good stories have been part of my life since I was a young girl. While I am sure there were other books,…
“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.” (1 John 5:13 NIV) One of the best features of social media is groups. Years ago, I joined a Facebook writing group that formed out of a book launch…
I am a mom to four kids, and my oldest started high school this year. While she has an old phone with no data service, we have never allowed her to have social media access. My first excuse was that Instagram, the app that interested her, says you need to be thirteen years old to…
For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. (Rom. 12:4-5) It had been six long months since I had stepped foot inside our church building. Six…
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” (Prov. 3:5-6 NIV) I experience recurring panic-inducing dreams where I’m in a car I can’t control. It could be that the brakes don’t work, or I’m…