Hope in Unfailing Love

I imagine he loved me, but I don’t recall those words ever being spoken. My dad taught me to ride a bike, roller skate and snow ski. He bought a camper and took us on summer vacation for weeks at a time. He taught me to swim in the ocean and how to catch crabs in the...

Giving Up On Self-Doubt

Lent: the forty days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday when Christians give up something they enjoy. This sacrifice helps us learn to trust God when we feel deprived, tempted or weak.  In the process we discover we can live without vices because God is all we...

How to Find Our Lost Creativity

What happens to women when they lose their creativity? How can they find it again? A recent sermon by my pastor focused on the fact that we were created to create. The Bible reminds us that we were created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27). Since God is the Creator –...

Easter vs Christmas Reflections

We spend so much time, energy and stress celebrating Christmas when the major Christian holiday is Easter. True, at Christmas we celebrate the birth of Jesus and what a momentous event that was! But we also max out our credit cards, deal with the dynamics of family...

Surprise Gifts

Last weekend, I attended the Half Price Books sale in Overland Park. This was a huge event with tables stacked with books – all for less than $2.00. For an author and a reader, it was a yahoo morning. Although none of the books were in any sort of alphabetical order,...