I had a special treat in my life last week. I got to go out of town with two long time friends – Julie (Blanford) Cagwin and Brenda (Carney) Warner. Bren and her friend Amy, flew into Charlotte to speak in Spartanburg. Julie and I got to play chauffeur. Kurt and Bren have a new…
Elisha had taken over as the prophet of the land and the miracles he did were becoming well known. In the neighboring country of Aram, a commander of the army named Naaman had leprosy. Through the advice of a very wise little girl, he was given the advice to go and see this prophet Elisha…
No rain. That was the word that Elijah gave to King Ahab in 1 Kings 17:1. In fact, there ended up being a total of three and a half years of no rain. Living in the Carolinas over the past few years, I have been a part of very little rain and the repercussion of…
Over the last couple weeks as I have anticipated today, the last day of school, my prayer has been that my children will encounter God in a powerful way this summer; that He will invade their lives and they will know like never before. That they will know who He is. Some of that involves…
Yesterday I flew out to Colorado Springs to meet my new literary agent, Blythe Daniel. I am really excited! We seem like a great fit! (We didn’t have someone to take the picture for us!) This is outside my hotel window. What a view of Pike’s Peak. They just got snow on it this week….
Song of Solomon 1:5-6 (New Living Translation) I am dark but beautiful, O women of Jerusalem— dark as the tents of Kedar, dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents. Don’t stare at me because I am dark— the sun has darkened my skin. My brothers were angry with me; they forced me to care for…