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This morning the craziest sounds interrupted my quiet time with God. My little Yorkie, Zoe, was sleeping in her blankets on the couch and her tummy was grumbling – loudly. I had already filled her bowl with a fresh mixture of food, but she’d have no part of it. She didn’t want to leave the…

This is a blog post I wrote several years ago but God brought it to me again today and I just have to share it – God is so good! I saw the Mighty Orchestrator at work first-hand last night. I’ve seen Him in the details of things before, but this left me speechless. I…

In the Old Testament days, Joshua was dividing the Promised Land amongst the twelve tribes. The tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, Joseph’s sons, felt that they should have more land than they had received to accommodate all of the people in their tribes. So Joshua agreed to extend their territory up into the mountain region….

Saturday afternoon found me sitting in the middle of my living room floor with my daughter, Paige, assembling bar stools. She did a great job reading through the instruction manual and then explaining how to do each step. We had several stools to assemble so having one source of instruction was extremely helpful! Step by…

I’ve recently noticed how much superstition there is in sports. From the routine a pitcher will go through before throwing his pitch, to the way a football player holds the ball before passing it to the quarterback… athletes stick with the habits that produced the desired results and quickly dismiss the ones that don’t. In…

Have you ever looked at yourself in a lighted, magnified mirror? There is no escaping the proof of every flaw, every blemish, every imperfection. As Truvy Jones in Steel Magnolias eloquently stated, “Time marches on and sooner or later you realize it is marchin’ across your face.” The harsh light and magnification make it impossible…

I’ve heard a lot of stories lately about families who are standing at a fork in the road. They are considering new jobs, investment opportunities, a new chapter in their lives and even new places to live. Although each situation and crossroad is unique, the questions they are asking are the same, “what is the…

Have you ever felt the winds of change blowing in your life? The excitement begins to build, and you feel like you’re standing on the brink of something…yet it doesn’t come. You are caught in the tension between expectation of a new adventure and the agony of waiting for it to arrive. If waiting is…

I was engrossed in his process. The bricklayer would plop down some mortar, spread it out in a single stroke, press the brick into it and then lay a leveling tool across that brick and the brick before it to be sure it stayed level. He scraped off any residual mortar and did the whole…

With summer wrapping up and school starting back in session, I have been thinking about the importance of reflecting on our past while we strive for our future. In the story of Joshua, the Lord miraculously held back the Jordan River so that the Israelites could cross into the Promised Land on dry ground. God…