Can you work overtime this week? Sure! Can you lead this new Bible study? Yes! Can you help coach this team? Come to this party? Attend this important meeting? Of course! Saying yes was a default setting of mine for years. No wasn’t an option. There were many reasons why – I wanted to be…

Specificity. I completely enjoy that word. First of all, I think it’s enormously fun to say (the more syllables a word has, the better in my book). Secondly, I value it’s meaning. Especially when it comes to prayer. Early in my Christian walk, I tended to pray quite generically. “Lord, bless so and so…” “Father,…

I opened my blinds one morning to see it. Right there, staring back at me, was a black cat with the very tail end of a small bird bulging from its mouth. I was horrified! As I stood there lamenting the bird’s end, I quickly realized the error of my way. Just a couple months…

Weightlifting. Besides Arnold Schwarzenegger, “The Rock”, and my husband, is there really anyone else on the planet who enjoys this activity? The very idea of stressing your muscles to the point of exhaustion and pain is not my idea of fun (and, of course, “fun” should be a prerequisite for any activity or task, in…

One of the things I love most about the Bible is how we can take the stories written on those crisp pages, lay them over our own lives, and see ourselves so clearly in the application. An all-time favorite of mine is Moses. If you are living and breathing right now, then you can definitely…

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I was a journalist.  As a feature story reporter for a small town newspaper, I developed a passion for questions.  Questions were a necessary part of my job.  Without them, I would not have been able to gain a clear understanding of the person’s story…