'Tis the season of parties, get together, cookies, shopping, waiting in lines and frosty noses. At a recent holiday gathering one of my friends asked me, "How have you changed or grown in the last three months?" Wow. Pointed. Not your typical holiday party...

Check. Check. Is this thing on? Check. Check. Shakespeare penned, "All the world's a stage...and one man in his time plays many parts." We each have roles to play. Parts that only we can perform. We are molded into these roles through open doors and shut ones, through...

Honor. Seems like a straight forward word. But how is it lived out? When I think of what honor means to me I lean toward the Webster dictionary definition which says honor is "a showing of usually merited respect." Usually merited. Hmm. Does this definition represent...

A view through a lens draws us in. Focus. Attention. Details. Through a lens images become more crisp and clear. The vision of what is and what is supposed to be comes into view. A single blade of grass enhanced with a turn of the zoom. The purpose of the lens is to...

One of my greatest desires for my kids is obedience. I want them to respect the authority and the Lordship of God. Though it is my desire for them, it is a process of learning and can take years to grasp. But how do they learn obedience? We read in Hebrews 5:8,...

My husband and I watch a show on Netflix called Heartland. The show is about a Canadian family who own a horse rehabilitation ranch. Admittedly, we are hooked! Even though we are about five seasons into the show we still watch the introduction. The beauty of God's...