It happened on a mid-July afternoon in 1986.  Jesus found me on my knees in my small bedroom.  I had spent months prior to that time wrestling with eternal questions like: Who am I? What is my purpose in this world? What happens to me after I die? On that beautiful, life-changing day, Jesus intersected…

It was definitely one of the darkest seasons of my life I’d ever walked through… My teen children and I moved to Georgia from West Virginia when I remarried in the Fall of 2003 and we found ourselves starting over.  Blending a new family, acclimating to a new area and culture, and mentally deprogramming from…

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…

The story of the “woman caught in adultery” has been the topic of many a pastor’s sermon over the years.  This unnamed woman endured a round of public humiliation that would have tempted most of us to curl up in the fetal position and stay there for days. John 8 opens with Jesus at a…

It had to weigh at least 60 pounds.  Just seconds after it hit the ground, a drably dressed pooper-scooper had the honor of shoveling up that steaming pile of elephant dung and removing it from between the circus tents where people were milling around. It was a hot summer day and I had taken my…

I have ducked and dodged doing a blog for quite some time now. Truly, I didn’t see the point. Don’t we have enough online voices to choose from already? Why would one more bring value or meaning to the world? But recently it became clear – even if my voice were to positively impact just…