Devotions

This past weekend was a busy one.  Family and friends gathered at the Pentecostals of the Gulf Coast to tie the knot between our Tiff and Mr. Nate (Lynn)—and little Alaura. It started on Thursday morning with…

I’ve spent the whole month of January wondering what I should write on my blog. Then this morning, I felt a culmination of events and other inputs that lead me to this not-so-novel thought: some suffering…

Happy post-Thanksgiving!  There was no time to blog last week, but I was thinking about it.  Does that count for anything?  No?  Oh, well. Today I’m wrapping up my Christmas decorating and feeling so thankful--thankful for the anticipation of slowing…

I know you can’t believe everything you see on the Internet or hear on the radio, but I heard a story a few years ago that really made an impression on me. I think it was…

The following is an unlikely story that I'll tell backwards, for that’s how it was revealed to me.  One day after church, elderly Sis. Schexnayder paused by the pew where I sat with my young children and…

I've sought inspiration for this week's blog post with little success. It’s challenging to think of anything else: The country of Ukraine is in the spotlight of the world’s stage right now.  Images of Russian troops in…

Here it is the end of January, and I have written nary a thing about New Year's Resolutions. I know you’ve been waiting for me to give you my list, right? Here it goes: Visit Key…

On Monday, I finished crossing off everyone on my Christmas list--family, friends, teachers, and church ministry.  Then I contacted someone I’d met last year about this time and asked her about the current needs in her special…

This week has been challenging to stomach for anyone noticing the headlines.  On a personal level, a long-time friend of the family was buried at the beginning of the week, and the father of my son’s girlfriend…

Every year, I read my Bible from cover to cover.  About a week ago, I finished reading the books of Kings and Chronicles.  Those particular books, with their lists of kings who “walked not in the way of…