2015 was the first year I chose to adopt One Word for the year. I wrote about selecting my word—release—in a blog post last January with an update in August. Release was not a word I chose eagerly. As a Type A personality, releasing anything does not come naturally....
Ahhh…new year, clean slate, new beginning. Twelve months of potential. But not everyone is optimistic about the future. Some say that if the past is any indication, we’re in for big trouble in 2016. Newspaper headlines from 2015 brimmed with accounts of disasters. We...
Christmas is my favorite season, but as I read the news this past week, there were several accounts that did their best to contribute a proverbial “fly in the ointment” this season. Here are a few of my Christmas peeves in the news: 1. In Tallahassee's capitol, a...
I enjoy passing along quotes from people wiser than I am. For the past several years I’ve posted a new quote on social media related to Christmas for each day of December. Today, I offer the list of these Christmas quotes as my gift to the readers of this blog. May...
You’ve probably seen one or two Hallmark Christmas movies on television. I have. Well…that’s not quite true. I haven’t seen one or two. More like thirty-one or thirty-two. Year after year. And I keep coming back for more, enjoying the warm fuzzies each story provides....
My mother said it so often when I was a kid that I’d roll my eyes as soon as I heard the first two words. I knew what would follow as sure as I knew my own name. “Two wrongs…don’t make a right.” I wish Robert Dear had learned that lesson at his mother’s knee. For...
Once again, in the face of evil unleashed on the unsuspecting, God is being mocked. This time the source of mockery is a 96-year-old bastion of journalism, The Daily News, based in New York City. In response to the tragic shooting in San Bernardino, many public...
Each year, during the month of November, I post a daily declaration of something I'm thankful for. In honor of this Thanksgiving Day, here's my list for this month: A month of thanksgiving: Day 1 – Thankful for God’s sovereignty in the world…and in my life. Day 2 –...
Have you ever been thankful for nothing? For what you don’t have? For the times God said no to your request? Lately, I’ve been thinking about how thankful I am for…nothing. Yes, you read that correctly. For what I don’t have. It’s a feeling that’s been building for...
Are we fighting a culture war? Maybe the better question is, should we be fighting a culture war? Many Christians today believe we are. That our nation has not just taken a wrong turn, we’ve forgotten our destination. Cue the protests. Boycotts. Name-calling....
World Kindness Day World Kindness Day is November 13 this year. And that makes me a bit sad. Not because...
Are You Rearranging the Darkness? “Spring ahead, fall back.” Repeating this phrase is the only way I can...
Costume or Uniform? October brings a season of costumes. Choices that are inappropriate for the remaining...