Recent Articles

Identity

The Fraud

I LIVED MOST OF MY life feeling like a fraud. For example, it happened when I was told I was smart, and I knew I wasn't smart but thought I was just lucky.

Healing

Blaming Your Past is Killing You

I THOUGHT I HAD A GOOD childhood until I got into therapy during my thirties to try to figure out why I couldn't manage relationships very well.

Faith

Living the Lie

I OFFICIALLY BECAME A Christian at about ten years old. At the time, the only words I heard were about fire and brimstone after my death if I didn't make a profession of faith.

Faith

Who's The Boss?

I should be able to trust him, but I don't. It sounds incredulous when I say it, and when I do, I should feel embarrassed but surprisingly I don't.

Faith

Jesus Calling

IT WAS A TYPICAL Monday in November as I recall. The details are a blur because it was an ordinary day in my busy life as a single woman — only this time with a twist.

Growth

Busy Body

TEACHING THE QUESTION "WHY" to my clients has been the source of my income and business success for many years. Rather than trying to tell your customer what he needs, ask him.

Faith

The Gospel According to Me

"THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ME" is my personal book of truth. I haven't written the book, but it lives in my heart, mind, and body.

Faith

Rough Edges

WHEN I AGREED TO give Jesus my life, I expected him to make it better and not worse, but I had no idea that his idea of a better life has nothing to do with my comfort.

Identity

Costumes

AS A KID, I SELDOM dressed up for Halloween. I did, however, wear a costume every day of my life, which always included a mask.

Healing

Addictions

I GREW UP IN THE DAYS of sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll, but I could not indulge myself like my friends did.

Relationships

Love

WHAT GOOD IS ANY formal religion if it only adds to the long list of things one must do to feel love, respect, significance, or security?

Faith

Dummy Me

FROM THE MOMENT I heard him speak my name, I knew it was Jesus. It was a supernatural experience and one I will never forget.

Growth

Hindsight is 20/20: Another Big Lie

MY SECOND WORD WAS PROBABLY 'Why' and most likely spoken on the heels of 'Dada'. I was inquisitive and curious and after my first spanking, I never stopped asking.

Relationships

Rinse and Repeat or Time to Say Goodbye?

I RAN INTO AN OLD nemesis a few weeks ago through a dear friend. I didn't recognize her at first because I hadn't seen her in thirty years and she had changed her look.

Growth

Take A Trip on the Wild Side

IT IS A DIFFICULT PLACE to be when you don't fit in like you once did. Your friends changed, or you changed, and whatever you were doing with them last season has lost its appeal.

Healing

The Death Grip

FOLLOWING THE GPS WITH the full expectation of reaching my destination early, I noticed I was almost back where I began. That's when I pulled into a parking lot and wept.

Identity

Walk of Shame

I HAVE DETERMINED THERE ARE two basic fears in life. One is the fear of people; the other is the fear of God. As a church lady, I should have a greater fear of God.

Faith

Beware The Faint Hearted

JESUS NEVER WANTED my life so that he could clean it up. And the irony of it all is had I not agreed to give him my life, I would have destroyed it without any help from him.

Faith

Do The Two-Step

Jesus did not come through my front door, magically walk through the walls or come down the chimney like Santa. He came in through the back door of my heart.

Never Miss a New Article