by Melinda | Dec 26, 2015 | Christmas, Eyes Wide Open, Free Indeed, Get Real, Heart talk, Life Abundant, The Great Uncomfortable
Here I sit, amidst the wreckage. Piles of boxes and gifts everywhere. Toys, shiny and new, lining the walls. My babies are asleep in their beds, and their mother has hit the road for a much needed vacation, so they are with us for the next eight days. Yesterday was a...
by Melinda | Dec 19, 2015 | Christmas, Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, God in the Everyday, Living in the Moment, This Magic Moment, Truth, Working Out Faith
I thought I might do a little something, this year, that would help me focus on what this season is really about, and maybe it could help you, too. I’m going to take the story of Jesus’s birth, found in Luke 2, and go verse by verse, 1 through 24, to see what happens....
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 | Nov 2, 2015 | Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, Living in the Moment, Living the God Life, Thankfulness
I sat down to write about something else this morning, but before I typed a word I was bowled over by a video in my Facebook feed, posted by a friend in Nashville (Thanks Pam!). It stopped me dead in my tracks. I want you to take a minute, click this link (or...
by Melinda | Aug 28, 2015 | All in the Family, Get Real, Hard Times, Hope
Fifty-two years ago on this day, I took in my first lung-full of earth’s atmosphere and awarded all those in attendance with a hearty bellow. Or so I assume. Today, though, when I took my first conscious breath of air and wiped the sleep from my eyes, I...
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...
