“Being of One Mind Doesn’t Mean Yours is the Only One in the Room”

Knee surgery was a humbling experience. Not because of the obvious temporary disability, but because of the sheer fact that this “independent woman” had to swallow her pride to ask for help to accomplish the simplest of tasks. At a young age, mama taught me how to scale the kitchen counter to get to those […]

Reading Digest: “You Are More Than You’ve Been Told” ~ Hosanna Wong

This is my current read and it’s hard to put down. Hosanna’s down-to-earth delivery pulls me in every time. The environment around us, cultural ‘norms,’ trends, comfy old habits, familiar traditions, scripts that we picked up along the beaten path … they all affect how we think about ourselves. Especially when we’re trying so hard […]

“It Is Finished” – Spoken Word Poetry by Gloria Umanah

When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His head and [voluntarily] gave up His spirit. John 19:30 Amplified There is very little that can be said after those three defining words. With that declaration we were all set free. And with all gifts that are freely given, it has to […]

“Too Beautiful a Place” – Toni Collier and Lysa TerKeurst

We use our voices for a multitude of things: hollering “hey” across the street at our neighbors … calling our pets back into our own yards … rallying the kids into the car to get them to school on time … supporting those same kids in their sporting events and competitive activities … to shout, […]