As I answered the phone and heard the tone of his voice I knew it wasn’t good… “Mommmm.” It hit a familiar cord. My mind raced. Lord please, not a car accident. No, it couldn’t be, he had left hours ago to go to my sister’s house to dogsit. What could it be? “Hey buddy, what’s up?” I tried to keep my response light hearted hoping for the best… “Are you busy?” “No..” I kept my answer short to save time so that he would get to the impending problem. “I’m on my way to the animal Continue Reading
The Power of God’s “No”
The church bustled with a sea of people for the memorial service. Certainly there had to be over 1,000 present and the massiveness of the crowd struck each in attendance as they scanned the church, looking, wondering…. How could this be? Bruce didn’t attend a large church; he led a decent sized ministry, and worked for a local mid-sized city. He wasn’t a government official or a man of fame. Nonetheless, the church buzzed with people. As the service began, the friends and loved ones could tell Continue Reading
I SPY!!! ………..Seeing The Glory of God!
I remember when I was a kid we would play "I spy". The friend who was "it" would look around and choose something that the other friend had to guess. He'd say something like, "I spy something that starts with a b." The friends would guess, "Is it the Blue sky?" "No." "Oh, oh, the Beach ball?!" "No." "I know, it's the Basketball hoop!!!" "Yep, you got it... your turn, you're it!" As my kids were growing up, I had a friend that taught me how to play "God Spy." God Spy.... We would look Continue Reading
Misrepresenting God…
My husband and I watched the movie, “Blue Like Jazz” last night. I remembered the title from a book that was circling the church we attended years ago – which I never read, but oodles of people did… so I just had to get the movie when I saw it in the Red Box machine. The movie had a message. It wasn’t one of the better or well-done Christian movies but one of the last scenes of the movie resonated with me and I can not seem to get it out of my mind….. The Plot: A 19-year-old Christian young Continue Reading