Lying to others is deplorable. It erodes trust, the glue in any relationship. You don’t have to look to the political arena to see it either. Look at your workplace, in your home, and even in your own heart. But lying to ourselves (and to God) is worse than lying to...
Intimacy with a spouse, a sibling, or a friend is difficult to achieve. And that’s with someone we can see. How much more difficult is it to build an intimate relationship with God who we can’t see? Five years ago, shortly after my husband and I separated, I’d walk my...
I could spit on every romance novel I read as a teenager. They deluded me into thinking that marriage was one, long romantic adventure. What a crock. I’m not down on marriage. I endured four difficult years of separation because I believe so profoundly in marriage....
A little more than four years ago, my husband and I separated due to sin in my husband’s life. I soon found out was there was quite a lot in my own and it was primarily due to my shallow intimacy with God. It is my default to try to play god in my life and in...
Recovering from codependency is kinda like living in Florida—days go by when everything is sunshine. Then wham! out of nowhere, you’re hit with a surprise storm and find yourself drenched head to toe standing in the onslaught, wondering how it snuck up on you from a...
If you haven’t read “When God Leaves You Hanging, Part 1”, click to go there first. “God left me hanging.” It’s a phrase created by someone who believed in God, but was impatient for Him to act in their life. Like a million others of us. We pray and...
Have you ever had to sit and wait for somebody to just shut up? They talked on and on about their problems and why this and that wouldn’t work—and you knew exactly how to solve their problem. But you also knew they wouldn’t listen to you even if you said it with a 3D...
In our modern terminology, radiance has taken on a distinctly feminine quality. I mean, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, or Bruce Willis might, well,…take offense if you told him they looked radiant this morning. We don’t habitually use the term “radiant” to...
Have you ever had the notion that you left the stove burner on or the water running in the tub? What about that pestering sensation that you forgot something but you can’t quite figure out what it is? Have you ever felt like you completely missed some important...
