I hate it. I really do. I am a positive and hopeful person most of the time, but then like a thief in the night it sneaks up on me, stealing whatever positive thoughts and hopeful expectations my heart had settled on but not fully embraced. I feel guilty. How could one so loved and so…
October Rain
“The rain falls on the just and the unjust.” This is true. Only, when the rain falls on the unjust, we don’t feel it as much. It perhaps doesn’t look or feel like rain as much as karma. But, when the rain falls on the just, the delightful, beautiful souls that flavor life with salt and illuminate…
The Flip Side of Poverty
We see them - vagrants living on the streets, asking for handouts, and bumming rides. We judge them as runaways, addicts, alcoholics, or panhandlers. We rarely see little more than dirty clothes, mussed hair or the cardboard signs they carry. We might be bothered if we are stopped to hand them a crumpled up dollar…
Alleyway Jesus – Greg Milwee writes about “dirty” redemption
I just finished reading a book, “Alleyway Preacher,” by Greg Milwee, and it impressed me. Not that I am any expert, but I do read a lot of books and have written a couple of my own. With that, I know that there is an interesting balance that Christian writers are forced to make –…
Enormous Stakes
Enormous stakes. That's what we are facing. Anyone who is in youth ministry realizes this, and too often it seems the pendulum is swinging the wrong way. Those that will are trying to help, to direct, to mentor, to lead, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to feel as if your efforts have staying power.…
Barren
Barren. That word stings whether you are unable to have one or unable to have more. There is something that feels unnatural about that. Barren. You picture cracked dirt and lifeless ground. And it resembles what it feels like - a curse. I was the girl who dreamed big! Big aspirations, big plans, big families!…
Humans for sale
Humans for Sale Today as I lay down trying to ignore this aching kidney pain, I'm not ignoring the plight of millions worldwide. We may not know them by name, or even recognize their faces but we could be one of them... In the wrong place at the wrong time at the hands of the…
Not just an American Girl®
I have literally been stressed this Christmas. I don't usually stress about trivial things so being hugely stressed over one toy on the list is mildly ridiculous. But I am. What is this toy? An American Girl doll. My mommy heart wants my baby to be happy. I want to see eyes sparkle and feel…
Body image issues
Body image issues I recently heard that a small group won't let a divorced woman lead them in a study about marriage. Why? She has repented and been redeemed, not to mention, faced the foe she is encouraging them to fight and resist! Why? She has learned the hard way about what it is to…
The Elected
Today is the day after the vote, and nothing has changed. This doesn’t surprise me. I was talking to God about this, and He reminded me of this verse: “Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I…
Sifted Wheat Podcast | Where It All Began 