Disclaimer: I am in no way saying this is the only way to know if your child is ready to be saved! You are their parent, and you know your child better than anyone. I fully believe God will give you wisdom to know how to walk with your child through their personal salvation. I…
Easter is my favorite holiday. I look forward to it all year. I love music about the stone rolling away, God calling Jesus to arise, the lion roaring, the angels rejoicing. I love attending a Tenebrae service on a Friday where the room is dark and heavy, a “funeral for Jesus” as my worship pastor…
I grew up Baptist and still now I attend a Baptist church in The Woodlands. So, being the good Baptist that I am, I sit in the same row every week for “big church”. That also means that I know everyone who sits around me because each week, we have a welcome where we “greet…
If you are here, the very first thing I want you to read is this: Writing about a divorce can be sticky. I would never want to hurt B in any way. So, please know this post is about the divorce, not about B.) Rejection. In the past, I’d had friends hurt my feelings. I…
I was still living in the home that once held our family of five. Rooms were now completely empty, the living room bare and our bedroom was…well…void. B and his kids had left. I would collapse at the smallest emotional trigger, a “train-wreck” as some people commonly refer to it. I shed tears daily, sometimes…
Eric held him down until the police could get the gun out of his hand.” My friend, Beth, told me this story about her husband, a firefighter who helped wrestle a person to the ground during an emergency call yesterday. This troubled man reached and successfully grabbed an officer’s gun from her belt, but was…
Little miss walked into the kitchen and hiked herself up on her usual stool at the bar as I was fixing myself a grilled cheese lunch. “Hey!” “Well, hello little miss.” “I’ve been wanting to tell you something.” “And what’s that?” I continued to put the butter on each side of my bread pieces as…
As a celebratory blog about our first year of marriage, I thought I might write about making it through the “bumps in the road”, but no, I’ve already written about a few of those. Clearly, we’ve had them. Maybe I’d write about what it’s been like getting married later in life? Maybe just about love?…
I don’t compete. Not really anyway. I mean…If I’m playing Catch Phrase or Heads Up, (or maybe basketball with a five year old), I will totally get into the game. I can yell and scream and cheer with the best of them. But I don’t really care if I lose. Maybe that is more what…
This summer we took all three kids to VBS at our new church here in the Woodlands. I was there with them each day because I was helping in the 4th grade Bible study room. Each morning, all ages of the VBS kids would meet in the sanctuary and the teachers would head up to a…