I got my first personal computer in 1994.  It was a large, mechanical “block” that sat on the kitchen table of my apartment.  Connecting to the internet, at that time, meant “dial-up” (for those of you who might not understand that term, may I suggest a Google search?).  One of my favorite things about this…

I am a checklist kind of girl – so much so that I will write things on my list that have already been accomplished just so I CAN check them off!  Needless to say, I was amazed when I first began learning about Jesus to discover that He was never swept up with a checklist!  …

When my incredible husband and I married in 2003, I really thought I was a super-Christian that had this wife thing in the bag!  I’d been walking with Jesus long enough (I thought) to be able to foster a Norman Rockwell meets Thomas Kincaid kind of environment. I envisioned a blissful marriage, a perfectly accessorized…

My mother was an exceptionally gifted crafter.  She could sew, quilt, and decorate cakes so beautifully and professionally that, as a child and even now, I’ve wondered how she created such incredible works of art. When I was in high school, she handmade all of my prom dresses, baked every cake I ate, and spent…

There were roughly 20 of us in class that day.  Myself and other members of my high school senior English class had sauntered into the room, found our seats, and had begun rummaging through the contents of our bookbags attempting to find our assignments, pencils, and hardbacks. Our teacher had arrived and closed the door. …

It was like putting on 3D glasses and seeing a dimension I’d never seen before… Last week, I had the blessing of attending a very large women’s leadership forum in Nashville.  This forum attracts roughly 1,600 ladies annually from around the country (and Canada) and is an incredible platform from which to learn, hear and…