Today I am speaking at a Pamper Yourself Ladies’ Day so I thought I’d share that presentation with you here. Make My Day: Pamper Your Soul “Make my day!” When Clint Eastwood delivered that famous line as Sudden Impact, he was saying that doing away with a really bad guy would be the crowning glory […]

There are times when someone puts a hand on your arm and immediately their gentle look and touch tell you that they know. They KNOW. And their words and actions are a gift of costly comfort. They do not speak tritely or out of a Christianeze handbook. They know deeply whereof they speak. They, too, have […]

Someone suggested to me recently that we Christians may be sending false messages about our God because we are confused about duty and delight. Really? How would that send a wrong message about God? Think about this … “Tragically most of us have been taught that duty, not delight, is the way to glorify God. We have […]

Joyful Exhaustion. Or maybe … Exhausting Joy. That’s the only way I can think to describe how the college reunion left me. I don’t remember being so exhausted by pure joy, except at the birth of my children. So much joy, it wore me out! And left me wanting more! Even now that I’m back home, I keep reliving […]

Take half a minute for this quick little quiz. TRUE or FALSE: Hard things are not normal Hard things happen to bad people Hard things happen only if you break the rules Hard things are punishment Hard things are to be escaped Hard things are to be avoided Hard things have no greater purpose Hard […]