by Melinda | Nov 11, 2015 | All Together Now, Free Indeed, It's Not About Me, Living Low, My Country, Sacrifice, Serving, Thankfulness
Veteran’s Day. I cannot get through this day every year without a deep sense of humility and gratitude. The very fact that I can sit here, typing out whatever I want to say, any way I want to say it, stems from the sacrifice of others. Most all of us know...
by Melinda | Nov 9, 2015 | Authenticity, Christmas, Free Indeed, Get Real, Living Low, The Church
Last week, I shared a video on Facebook of a man who was incredibly offended by the Starbucks Red Cup and it’s lack of Christmas decoration. He proposed a movement, a “prank” if you will, that because Starbucks had apparently removed all...
by Melinda | Apr 3, 2015 | Easter, Free Indeed, Get Real, He's Bigger than Me, Life Abundant
There are two people in my life (at least that I know of) who are struggling mightily with their pasts. One is working hard to be free of theirs, making great strides through forgiveness, but tired of constantly fighting lies that continue to creep in and...
by Melinda | Jan 19, 2015 | Free Indeed, Life Abundant
Or, at least I had a dream. Last night. You know, while I was sleeping. (You thought this was going to be about Martin Luther King, Jr., didn’t you?) I dreamed that I was in a maximum security prison. Weird, huh? It was also awful. And scary. And I missed...
by Melinda | Jan 17, 2015 | Free Indeed, Get Real, God in the Everyday, He Knows Me, Healing Hearts, Listen and Learn, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, Obedience, Temptation, Trust and Obey, Truth, Under His Wings, Working Out Faith
Maybe you noticed that I was silent yesterday. Well, it was because I was sleeping. During the day. Because I was awake the night before. All night. ALL. NIGHT. Perhaps this will be too much information, but hey, we’re all friends here, and we’re...
by Melinda | Jan 8, 2015 | All Together Now, Eyes Wide Open, Free Indeed, Get Real, My Country
It’s no secret around these parts that I am patriotic, or that I love history, or that I have a particular interest in the WWII era. I’ve talked about all three. So, it will not surprise you in the least that I spent last evening watching Band of...
