I heard him before I saw him.  Tick, tick, tick, tick. I continued walking about my yard enjoying the calm of the early morning. Tick, tick, tick, tick. I stopped.  My eyes searched for the source of the noise that hit my soul like a jackhammer on this tranquil start to a new day. I…

Have you ever felt like there are just some things you can’t say to God?  Or that when you do talk to Him, you somehow need to put your words into a holy sentence structure? As a young Christ-follower, I sure did.  I was convinced that if I didn’t polish my words and pray with…

Have you ever had God show up and take care of something before you even had the chance to ask Him to? It was one of the most broken and fragile seasons of my life. I was a young, single mother.  My divorce had not only shattered the stability of our family but it also…

Do you have children?  If so, you’ll understand there is no greater joy, challenge, or delight than that of being a parent. From the time they are born, the stewardship of parenting begins. And while the first year deprives more parents of sleep than military boot camp, the ability to protect and shelter those newborns…

I was in a cult once. No, it was never showcased on an episode of 20/20 or publicized in the national news because of its flamboyant and bizarre obedience tactics.  But it was a cult nonetheless and my years spent within it were permeated with harsh mind games, spiritual smoke and mirrors, and an enormous…

Nothing can prepare you for it.  No manual, conference, or therapist on the planet can provide perfect steps on how to do it. And when Anthony and I married nearly 20 years ago, we had no idea what we had just signed up for. No one, I repeat, NO ONE warned us about how difficult…