The Church speaks not with the cleverness of men, but with the breath of God.
06/26/25
I always imagined dying a faithful death for Christ would mean burning at the stake. Now, I suspect it will mean dying in my bed of natural causes.
06/25/25
How many times in our lifetime must we sigh, floundering through this world with our sins, sorrows, struggles, frustrations, fears, and foes?
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11/03/14
The son asked, ''What else does God count?'' The father said, ''When we get sad, or hurt, and we cry, God counts our tears.'' ''Every tear?'' the son asked. ''Yes, every tear,'' the father answered.
10/20/14
O little flock, fear not the foe, for at your head is the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for you.
10/17/14
Dead men don’t get taught. Dead men don’t get un-lost. Dead men don’t heal.
10/04/14
From creator to priest, our God now moves, from forming animals to slaying them, all so that His Adam and His Eve might remain truly His.
09/22/14
Wouldn’t it be great if there were something that could de-shame us?
09/19/14
When I revisit in my mind the very long list of stupid, mean, selfish things I’ve done, every one of them began with me saying something I shouldn’t have.
09/18/14
God uses our stupid as well as our best thought out plans and efforts
09/14/14
My husband, Phil, and I just celebrated our 40th anniversary. Forty years ago he pledged to love and care for me. Forty years ago I pledged the same things. Forty years.
09/11/14
The pains and disappointments in life are teaching you the hard truth that God has a warm place in His heart for happy families.
09/04/14
Focus on control and you’ll end up with nothing but confusion and frustration and disappointment. It’s not about who’s in control in this life but whose you are in this life.
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09/03/14
A little magic goes a long way. The kingdom of God is a kingdom of magic. Magic, hidden in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
08/26/14
I didn’t know it, in fact I consciously rejected it, but the truth is that throughout those years, both in times of success and failure, God was up to something.
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