“What do you want for Christmas?” …a question I have asked my kids over the years. Some years, I didn’t ask; yet “the list” was still. Have some of you already received a long list from your teen? All set for Black Friday? This year, Americans will spend over 447 billion dollars on Christmas. Are my kids picking…
Practice selective hearing, Pastor Furtick’s advised yesterday Practice selective hearing. We’re all good at that already, right? Husbands and wives. Parents and children. Bosses and employees. We often hear what we want to hear only what we want. Let’s take it a little further. Who should we practice selective hearing with? Is there a family…
This year, Americans are projected to spend over $447 billion on Christmas presents. Instead, what if some of us decided to use some of what the Lord has given us to change the life of a child? This fall, the Lord has been burning in my heart a passion for children who have been caught…
According to the Wall Street Journal, “for the first time since the U.S. began tallying marriages, more Americans of prime marrying age have stayed single rather than tied the knot, the culmination of a tectonic shift in the role of marriage and relationships that began in the 1960’s.” In the September 29, 2010 article, Conor…
Lights flashing in my rear view mirror, the ambulance was headed my way. Pulling on the shoulder, I watched as the police and firetruck tore past us as well. I just wanted to get home, out of this pitch black dark, but the line from the accident was guaranteeing that wasn’t going to happen any…
Why was I exhausted; down even? Shouldn’t I be elated; excited? Tuesday I sent in the final draft for my book to my publisher; a month early in fact. Yet, the “happy” feelings escaped me. Taking a walk with Oreo, the family beagle, I began to ask myself. “What’s wrong? You have so much to…