I have four sisters. I am the one in the middle. To my knowledge, I was the only one who ever went fishing with my dad. Of course, my going had nothing to do with my skill or expertise; it was based purely on my desire to be with him. Simple. I still remember standing…

When I was a little girl, one of my favorite shows was The Walton’s. It was simple, honest and filled with kids like the ones I went to school with. However, my favorite part of the show was the last 90 seconds. Every evening John Boy would go to his room, sit down at the…

I once wrote a song entitled “Seasons Change.” I was going through a change of seasons in my own life (I call it “changing seasons” because that sounds better than saying my life was falling apart).  I had become very focused on the fact that I was no longer a child and became overwhelmed by…

I remember it like it was yesterday. I was about eight years old.  My daddy walked to the front of his little storefront mission, stepped up onto the rough plank stage, picked up his battered guitar, and lifted his blue/gray eyes in search of little brown ones framed by auburn lashes. “Barbie, come up here…

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: Ecclesiastes 3:1 I have been doing some thinking this week.I know, it’s enough to make your head hurt, but I just could not help myself..I was reading a small, insignificant little book and one of the lines in the…

At the end of every year I begin to pray and ask God what might be on the upcoming horizon. I look for prayer directives, simple instruction, direction, insight. Something that will allow me to head into the year with hope and deeper perspective. I want to know what to watch out for and take…

Sometimes the most frustrating thing in the world can be trying to forget the past. We remember old wounds and unkind words quite easily. It is as if with each replaying of the incident, it becomes etched a bit deeper upon our soul. We hit the rewind button, listen to the whispers of the enemy…

st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } John 4:21-26 Jesus declared, Believe me woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now come…

Luke 24:15, 16, 28-32 And while they conversing & discussing together, Jesus Himself caught up with them and was already accompanying them. But their eyes were held so that they did not recognize Him. Then they drew near the village to which they were going, and He acted as if He would go further. But…

I spoke with a friend this evening who was quite frustrated. She had various things going on in her life and I sat down to talk and pray with her. After I prayed for her, she brought my attention back to the words of my prayer. She said, “You know, so many people have spoken…