Do you gauge your value, based on the number on your bathroom scale? I will admit, I have caught myself doing this more than once. As women, we have such demands put on us by society, and most of them are not attainable. They certainly are not truthful! Filters and photoshop make those women in…

When you picture God, what does he look like? Is he old, with a long flowing white beard?  Do you picture him sitting on a great throne, scepter in hand, waiting for just the right moment to rain down lightening on his subjects? NO! That is not the God that I know. The God that…

How do you combat evil? Our world seems to be spinning out of control—pockets of hate, permeating our communities, fighting to destroy our country. CNN news anchor, Don Lemon, made this statement a couple weeks ago. “Jesus Christ — if you believe in, if that’s who you believe in, Jesus Christ — admittedly was not…

Have you ever tried to take a puppy for a walk? Let’s set the scene. It’s a beautiful day so you decide to take a nice walk and spend some time bonding with your best friend. You ask her with excitement in your voice, “do you want to go for a walk?” She’s jumping and…

Father’s Day was this past Sunday and we all stopped and honored the men in our lives. I had a dad that I loved very much but he was a dad that just couldn’t keep his life together. I had a stepdad that came into my life when I was 15 years old and changed…

The list… Do you ever feel like your life is defined by lists? You have a grocery list, a list of chores, a list of books to read—we have our lists of tasks to do each day at work. We have our lists of friends. We have our lists of likes and dislikes. It is…

Does your life ever feel like you’re on a rollercoaster? You are up, then you’re down- you’re spun rapidly back and forth, thrown into a tailspin? I will be very honest, I hate rides! I don’t like rollercoasters; I didn’t even like swings as a child. I like to be on solid ground, and I…

This past week, Jonathan Steingard, lead singer of the Christian rock group, Hawk Nelson, came out publicly with the revelation that he no longer believes in God. Many across the world were shocked and saddened by this announcement. Jonathan explained that this change in his heart did not happen overnight and was hard and terrifying…

Memorial Day is approaching and many of us are making plans for the long weekend. May 25th is particularly special to me because it’s the day that I met my husband. This year will mark 35 years, where has the time gone? We met on a beach in Hawaii when I was just 17 years…