How many times have you heard the following words attached to SELF? Absorbed, awareness, control, esteem, gratification, help, image, defense, destruction, obsessed, respect, righteous, pity and worth. It amazes me that everything either speaks to who we are, what we will become or what we need to work on. What if we, once and for… Read More
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Life’s Anchors
Have you ever felt like your life is like a boat, traveling uncharted waters where the world shows you all its beauty…and its wrath? In the beginning, you are a novice. Then you slowly learn how to steer and take charge of your own sails. You come inland to discover a new place and space… Read More
In Everything, By Prayer & Petition, with Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day —a day of family gatherings to give thanks for our many blessings—has evolved into a day of turkey, football and shopping. A lust for stuff is a stark contradiction to the origins of Thanksgiving. Abraham Lincoln once noted that the costly war had “not arrested the plow, the shuttle or the ship,” that… Read More
How to Stay Married to the Same Person for 50 Years
This week my parents will be married for 49 years. I love that they are still laughing, still having fun together, still living life together. I am so fortunate to be their kid (albeit a 45-year-old kid). But I still wonder…how do people stay married for that long? I have read countless articles on this… Read More
A Love Note to My Nurturer, My Rock, My Mother
As Mother’s Day approaches, I’d like to share with you a story about a woman. Her name is Yvonne Springs. Born in Sharon, MS, great grandchild of slaves, married at 15, and first-time mother at the age of 16. She was a high school dropout because family came first. She endured repeated domestic violence abuses,… Read More
This Coward Needs Your Prayers
Today is the National Day of Prayer. Fact: I am totally intimidated to write on this topic. But the editor of this blog asked me to. I felt like yelling at her: do you know how many books, poems, devotionals, articles and sermons are written on prayer? I don’t know either, but I am guessing… Read More