I was sitting in a bagel store—in Texas—munching on my pumpernickel bagel with garden veggie shmear. Why don’t they call it cream cheese in Texas? So confusing, just call it cream cheese. That’s what it is! Shmear, who thought of that? I feel like an idiot just saying it. Shmear…I’ll have a bagel with shmear. […]
As the wife of a children’s pastor I see a trend in our churches today, which grieves me greatly. Not only are kids, once they reach adulthood, walking away from the church—in staggering numbers—I fear that we are teaching our children to be consumer Christians. How are we doing this? When we use the church […]
Have you ever been stopped by fear? I am not talking about healthy fear, as in, stay away from that foaming-at-the-mouth dog or don’t go down that dark alley. I’m talking about unwarranted fear. The kind you make up in your head. The fear that says, “You can’t do this.” “You are not good enough.” […]
I was having a slow and quiet morning. Bible and prayer time, worked-out with hubby, ate breakfast, spent some time with my son. As I was kicking into gear to get some work done, I sent a text to my friend Eva asking if she could assist me with something. She happily said yes, and […]
I was hacked! My blog site was hacked! Someone stripped me of my administrative rights and took over my blog site. My blog! Whoever you are, That wasn’t nice, obviously your mom didn’t teach you to play nice with the other kids. But it’s all-good, because now my site is better and stronger! My amazing […]
