Why Indeed?

I have a blog friend, Tina, who is a speaker, musician and lover of prison ministry (to find out more about her terrific non-profit, click here.)  I greatly admire what she does, even though we’ve never met.  She’s one of those gals that I just feel...

Rubber Band (wo)Man

This week at church, there was a rubber band sitting on every seat.  The sermon was about taking risks and allowing God to do in us what we were made to do…expand.  It was a great sermon…you can listen to it here (click on “watch this week’s...

Falling Short

Losing it.  Blowing up.  Loss of control.  Temper Tantrum.  No matter how you slice it, none of these descriptions apply to the actions of a child.  They apply to me.  Grown woman.  Mother of grown children who knows better. I share this with you, lest you think that...

The Real Me

If you read Amy’s comment on my last post, “Pieces of You”, you read the interesting question she posed:  Where is the line between ‘investing’ who I am into my children, and living vicariously through them?  How do I invest in them with...

What I Believe

There are a lot of different beliefs floating around out there. A lot of different “gods” that we can follow and with which to try to fill the empty spaces in our souls.  It’s been my experience that anything with which I’ve tried to fill those...