When you grow up white… People of all shades grin back at you. Most of the dolls on the shelves have skin that matches yours. Your acts...

It’s time. I didn’t hear the words, but I felt them just as surely as if God Himself had tapped me on the shoulder and given me a tender...

“This year, I want to worry less and love more.” “My new goal is to love others as I love myself.” “I just want to love God more.” Worthy...

Cleaning out my office closet last week, I found four Hobby Lobby sacks with the same contents: fabric, embroidery thread, needles, and a...

During a recent trip to Hobby Lobby, I happened upon a scene I wish I hadn’t witnessed. “I TOLD YOU TO STOP!” To my left, a young mother...

Introvert. Say what?!? Frowning, brows knit, I began taking the personality test again.  It just didn’t make sense.  I was a minister’s...

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Knock. Knock. Knock. Knees locked, pulse in my ears, I waited for the front door to open, my ten-year-old heart fairly bursting with...

“I’m really good at talking with adults,” I announced, proud of a recent heart-to-heart I’d had with a history teacher over a borderline...

I’m late to the game in doing this, I know, but this morning, I decided to make a list of the ways that God has blessed and proven his...

“Let your conversation be always full of grace…” Colossians 4:6 Ouch! Can I just tell you? My heart is still throbbing from the...

“Drop it!” The command came from down the street.  My neighbor and his three-year-old son were giving the family van yet another...

Hoping to use social media for God’s glory? Use these tips to maximize your influence and avoid undermining your own Truth-telling...

“Dey not is lions!” A tiny, but angry voice came from behind us.  My daughter Hope and I turned nonchalantly to side-eye the tantrum we...

“Noooo!” my toddler screamed from the other side of the yard, eyes wide with terror, hands balled into fists. Having expected this, I...

11:28 P.M. You awake? A text from my sister. 9:28 A.M.  My response.  I am now! 10:00 A.M.  No answer, and it’s no wonder. I smile to...

Many years ago, a little boy who shall remain nameless lest he force me to stop blogging about him was running in a sea of children in...

I’m not a big fan of horror or suspense movies.  Give me an interesting, thought-provoking plotline, but leave the cold chills out of it,...

My favorite holiday movie, hands down, is Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.  So heart-warming, so encouraging, so life-affirming,...

The kids really spoiled me this Mother’s Day!  I say that not to brag on me, but to brag on them.  Without any prompting or cajoling from...