I was cleaning up around the kitchen sink last night and on the window sill I have a small bowl which is a catch-all for stray bottle caps, etc. It needed cleaning out – two caps in the trash and at the bottom of the bowl was a black soda cap with the question, “Are you thirsty?” My first thought… Read more…

When God gloriously grabbed me and gently got me off the fence of mediocrity, I was given a copy of Oswald Chamber’s My Utmost for His Highest. I was familiar with the devotional because my mom has read it for years and years. Mr. Chambers was quite a remarkable man. He started out an artist, fought God with every stroke… Read more…

Blah – Blah – Blah! Blog – Blog – Blog!

I wonder if that’s how the word got started. Blogging, an Internet phenomena, is quite fascinating. Isn’t it astounding that so many people have so much to say. There are blogs about everything under the sun and even about the sun itself! Are you a foodie? a fashionista? a nutritionista?… Read more…

Have you been there?

This blog isn’t about starting your own business; or eating properly; or getting enough exercise; or being the “best you” that you can be. It is about one simple question, “Have you been to the cross?”

April is an amazing month. Two of my three children were born in April and several close relatives. The world… Read more…

March is my least favorite month! There, I said it out loud for all the world to hear! I lived much of my life on the east coast of south Florida and every March the sugarcane fields in Belle Glade would get burned. The hot March wind from the southwest would carry the smelly, choking smoke through coastal towns. Although… Read more…

♫ Singing: You’ve gotta have heart…All you really need is heart…When the odds are saying…You’ll never win…That’s when the grin should start…You’ve gotta have heart…Miles ‘n miles ‘n miles of heart! ♫

Before I write another word, allow me to clarify I am not old enough to remember when this song was popular but I do remember watching… Read more…

Last month I shared the H.O.P.E. principle with you and as we walk into a brand new year I believe the W.A.L.K. principle will be helpful to all of us.

Many years ago I began the practice of selecting a scripture verse for the year – in 2002, Colossians 1:10 was my choice. That I may walk worthy of the… Read more…