Confession time: I sometimes worry about my true position in God’s kingdom. I fear that at some point, I will be horrified to find that I never really was one of the blessed sheep, but rather a cursed goat. A clever little goat in sheep’s clothing, hiding coarse straight hair under fluffy faux fleece, a goat that …
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30 Days of Thanksgiving: Work
I am grateful today for the opportunity to work. To not only contribute significantly to my household financially, but to enjoy (for the most part!) what I do AND the privilege of working from home. I know I bellyache a lot on social media about how difficult it can be to work with a million …
Why Jesus Wept
I just read the neatest thing, an insight I’d never considered before, concerning the shortest verse in the bible: “Jesus wept”. Could it be that He wept because he knew so well what he was asking Lazarus to give up? Lazarus had enjoyed four days in heaven before Jesus raised him from the dead…four days …
Never Give Up
On April 11, when The Real Housewives of Dallas premieres on BravoTV, I’m going to have the thrill of witnessing a friend’s dream come true. I first met Tiffany Hendra almost ten years ago, when she was working as a costume manager for Muse of Fire and my nervous self went out to Hollywood to …
9-11: I’ll Never Forget
For several years now, on 9-11, I’ve used a variation of this picture as my profile pic on Facebook. Almost 3,000 tiny dots all jammed into a space, a mosaic of black, white and brown. It takes a moment to realize that each white line frames a face. And that every speck of color is …