When I was a child, my punishment for not minding my manners was to spend what seemed like an eternity perched in my mom and dad’s office, copying boring text out of the Emily Post Etiquette book. You would think all of this “manners training” would have positively impacted me as an adult – but […]
When Victory Begins to Crumble . . .
Can we talk about living victoriously for a minute? Because we toss around that phrase, or some variation of it, a lot. Victorious Living Life Victorious Victory And it sounds so good, so attractive, so goal-worthy. Who doesn’t want some of that? To work towards that? To run towards that? But let’s apply that concept […]
You Have to Wear Pants!
When I was pregnant with my first son, I woke up one morning about three weeks before his due date and discovered that my pants no longer fit. As in, NONE of my pants fit. I was down to 2 dresses, both dirty, and maybe 3 2-XL shirts, and I did not want to spend […]
On Welcoming Distractions
Deep down, if you’re honest, do you sometimes feel burdened and annoyed by the distraction of taking care of others? I’m not just talking about taking care of small children. I’m talking about the time it takes to speak to an aging parent, the time it takes to go to (let alone be courteous at) […]
So You Don’t Like Church . . .
So you don’t like church. And you are less sure than you used to be about God. And you’d rather follow Him in secret than be a “Christian” in the open, cause those Christians — well, you’d rather not say it but . . . There’s just a lot of hate out there. And a […]
Don’t Let the Devil Eat Your Lunch Before You Get to Breakfast
Do you sometimes feel like the devil tries to “eat your lunch” before you even get to breakfast? Your child wakes up at 4 AM, your spouse doesn’t hear the alarm, you forget to send that important note or project to school, you can’t find your keys, you forgot your cell phone, you check your email […]