Recent Blog Posts
A Matter of the Heart
With Valentine's Day right around the corner, it seems fitting to discuss some matters of the heart. To begin with, What is the heart? We tend to see people as having two separate parts, wherein one part is the emotions, which we...
The Illusion of Contentment
Ahhh, contentment—that feeling when you pull your legs onto the mattress and snuggle down into the covers after a long day—or when you lay completely still on the warm sand at the beach with your eyes closed, listening to the soothing sounds of the ocean. Have you...
Singing in the Rain
It was a rainy Valentine's Day—pretty typical for Southern California. But that is where the "typical" part of the day ends. I was early in my second pregnancy and had a doctor appointment. As I drove on the heavily congested freeway with my windshield wipers whipping...
A Gold Ring in a Pig’s Snout
"Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion." Proverbs 11:22 This Proverb certainly grabs your attention, right? Let's unpack what's being said. Interestingly, for a brief time, I dated the son of a pig farmer when I lived in Texas...
“Your life is God’s story being told and His character being displayed. How does your life read? What is your life telling others about the God you Serve?”
Pricilla Shirer
“You must ask for God’s help. After each failure, ask for forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again.”
C.S. Lewis
“God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grains to give bread, broken bread to give strength.”