The 2020 Pandemic Exposed My Weaknesses, Defenses, Strengths, and Potential

Not unlike most of the world, 2020 threw me into a tailspin and exposed a shadow side I was unaware of. My last post was a tribute to turning 50, where the future was my to possess. Little did I know four weeks later, everyone's world would be turned upside down. And I would see just how emotionally unhealthy I really was.
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A Letter to My 8-Year-Old Self

You'll spend a lot of your life feeling like you don't fit in. Most of the time, you'll believe it's because you're not enough, and then you'll swing to you're just too much. Somewhere along the way, you'll lose yourself, but you'll discover her again. You will actually fall in love with her, and fitting in won't seem to be that big of a deal. But it will suck that the revelation comes so much later in life.

I Can't But He Can... I Don't But He Does

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26 Two speaking engagements in one weekend, two completely different groups, and two completely different messages - so I thought... In…

Victoria's Secret VS Jesus' Secret (For Women Only)

I'm fourty-two years old and I walked into my first Victoria's Secret store this weekend. I actually wasn't there for me, but I'd always heard that a woman should be measured for bra size, so while I was there I thought - what the heck let's…

Helping Your Husband

Woman: I know when he's been drinking, and I ask him every time, and every time he lies. It always causes a fight, and I am so tired of the fighting... Me: Why do you ask him the question, if you already know the answer? Woman: I want him…

Protecting Your Family

I'm treading water in the deep end... I'm raising teenagers counter culture to the world they are submerged in daily. The battle for their souls and destinies were waged at their conception. The devil knew the home they were being raised in,…

The Blind Side Hit!

SLAM! A throbbing head, a sick stomach. Intense pressure building on the shoulders, the back feels like it's literally hunching over from the weight. The body is drained from all it's energy, and words are absent apart from Help me God... That…

Power Of The Spoken Word

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 They're standing in your kitchen falling apart. Their life is crumbling before their very eyes. Everything they knew to be reliable has become unreliable.…