Inspired by my last name, I'm on a journey to better understand the intertwining of FAITH & HOPE.
It's January 2022. Happy New Year!! Across the globe, hope-filled humans are shaking off the dust of 2021 (and scrubbing off the residual grime of 2020) and collectively taking in a deep breath of HOPE for a more loving and joy-filled 2022. Let's be a part of that tribe! Yes! Let's be part of the … Continue reading Spiritual Pruning: Part 3 “Unruly Vines”
For the last several years, my church holds an annual women's event called "CAPTIVATE". We are always blessed with great speakers, not the least of them being our Pastor's wife Ginelle Payne. Or as her husband likes to call her "Nellie on Fire" because she is 100% a "firecracker" for God! Gosh I love that … Continue reading When Life throws you Mud bombs
I don't believe God is all that terribly surprised that I've got junk in the trunk. Still. Even after all these years of walking with Him, I'm still hauling around a big old trunk of junk.
There was a time when I used to get hung up on the fact that I didn't have everything all figured out … that my mountaintop experiences didn't last forever, and that sooner or later I'd once again be dragging my feet down in some nasty old valley again, wondering where God was and why He hasn't rescued me yet. When I'm feeling "wobbly" of spirit (wrestling with fear, doubt, and unbelief), I no longer...
Knowing is not the same as believing. If we were to be brutally honest, maybe we don’t believe all that we say we do. Unbelief often lives in the space between Fact and Truth.
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