Thrive in Living Water

Thrive in Living Water

Do we listen to Holy Spirit, or do we listen to Satan? Do we trust God to give us what we need and bless us for our obedience? We are no longer of this world, yet we are tempted to be like the world. We are called to be different, peculiar,

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Family Health History Matters

Family Health History Matters

Knowing your family health history is like a time capsule that unfolds in your life and future generations. This information can equip you to speak with your doctor productively and prepare for, avoid, or manage serious health problems.

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Plant Me Where You Want Me, Lord!

Plant Me Where You Want Me, Lord!

My roots had been ripped apart with each move too many times. I suffered transplant shock. A part of me was left behind. But then, a new friend gave me a lovely plaque: Bloom Where You are Planted. I cried. How, Lord? It hurts too much.

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Advent Devotion: Christmas Day

Advent Devotion: Christmas Day

Not everyone loves the Baby in the Manger who grew up as the Savior of the World, and not everyone will love us because of Him.

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 Advent Devotion Week 4: Joy

 Advent Devotion Week 4: Joy

I’m essentially nobody, but when my name appears with one of my essays in a book. I’m overjoyed that my name appears alongside some incredibly gifted authors. It feels good, but I hardly feel worthy to have my name printed inside because I’m serving God by following His call on my life.

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 Advent Devotion Week 3: Hope

 Advent Devotion Week 3: Hope

We needed to do this for us. Why? Because Jesus came anyway.

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Advent Devotion Week 2: Love

Advent Devotion Week 2: Love

A Love Letter from God 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe […]

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Advent Devotion Week 1: Peace

Advent Devotion Week 1: Peace

Where is peace? We’ve been led to believe that peace is the absence of conflict and violence. Yet the truth is there is peace in the midst of all of this.

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Pro-Active Aging & Chronic Illness

Pro-Active Aging & Chronic Illness

Indeed, the holidays are not easy with chronic pain and fatigue after 50! But we can find ways to do so, even in winter with snow flurries and bitter cold.

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Halloween and the Encounters with the Unholy

Halloween and the Encounters with the Unholy

Have you ever felt the hair rise up on the back of your neck and experienced a horrible sense of dread you couldn’t wait to escape from, but you didn’t know why? This season is filled with horror, evil, and the unholy. If it doesn’t make you shudder, then you might want to read about some of my spine tinglers, brushes with the unholy, otherworldly beings who come against the Kingdom of God, and that the power of God is greater still.

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