What labels are you putting on yourself?
“What labels are you putting on yourself or allowing others to put on you?” This past weekend my church had our annual “Camp No Boys Allowed” for our 7-12th grade girls. It’s one of my favorite weekends of the year. We laugh, we cry, we dominate in flag football, we worship Jesus, and there are […]
Abide in the vine.
I’m sitting in an airport lobby ready to write a post about “abiding in the vine” and suddenly the TV starts flashing with breaking news about the shooting at Lone Star College. I feel sick to my stomach. I feel like bursting into tears. I don’t feel safe. I’m angry. And now I’m just bewildered. […]
Goodbye 2012.
I don’t know about you, but I have several friends who are desperate to say goodbye to 2012. It wasn’t a good year for them. I know the feeling of dying for a new chapter of life. I, too, have been thrilled to say goodbye to a year, as if January 1 brings a blank […]
Christmas in the dark
Two weeks ago, one of the teaching pastors at my church made me think about the birth of Christ in a whole new light. While we typically think of it as a “silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright…” with singing angels, a happy Mary, shepherds in awe, Lloyd (our pastor) reminded […]
I’ve had enough of feeling like I’m not enough.
For me, and for many of us, our first waking thought of the day is “I didn’t get enough sleep.” The next one is “I don’t have enough time.” Whether true or not, that thought of not enough occurs to us automatically before we even think to question or examine it. We spend most of […]
A Thanksgiving special
Let’s go beyond just thanking God for the “stuff” He’s given us. It’s always easy for me to rattle off a long list of things to be thankful for each Thanksgiving. Truly, I have been blessed (I kind of hate that word, but I’ll use it) with so many ridiculously good things. You have too. […]