Do you have a word of the year? For the past decade or so, our culture has trended toward encouraging a word to define what you hope for your year. more »

I was watching the Today Show last week, when a story came on about a series one of the reporters was doing.  The reporter was interviewing the mothers of “successful” more »

As you may remember, I have served as the Student Ministry Interim at our church for the last several months. It is funny how time has a way of marching more »

A few years ago, I did a series of posts called Ask The Blogger.  My readers sent in questions and I did my best to answer them. At the time more »

Kati Ann 1.  How old are you?  11 2. What makes you happy?  Poppy 3.  What is your favorite animal? Unicorn 4.  What is your favorite thing to eat?  shrimp more »

I thought I’d catch you up on what’s happening.  I’ve been busy.  I’ve been traveling and speaking and continuing to write but things are about to slow down in one more »

Through my recent study and personal interactions, I’ve come across a theme…if God really cared, why did “this” have to happen?  Why didn’t He stop it?  How could a good more »

I read the words “It’s not about you.”–the first four words of Rick Warren’s best-selling book The Purpose Driven Life. It’s embarrassing to admit how profoundly those words hit me as more »

The kids were lacing their shoes for school, as the news blared of another mass shooting–this time in a church–First Baptist Church, Sutherland Springs, Texas. Jared looked at me over more »

There’s an obvious theme happening throughout some of my posts recently! I’ll give you three guesses and the first two don’t count! Sticking with the theme of the moment, I more »