Raised a ‘good Catholic girl,’ I can say I’ve always known life in church. Back in the day of Latin masses and sanctuaries filled with the aroma of burning incense, lace veils that draped your shoulders, prayer books that were dutifully read and Novena Wednesdays that were spent in the local neighborhood church filled with […]
26 “But I will send you the Advocate—the Spirit of truth. He will come to you from the Father and will testify all about me. 27 And you must also testify about me because you have been with me from the beginning of my ministry. John 15:26-27 NLT 48 You are witnesses of all these things. Luke 24:48 NLT […]
All the guests are in their assigned seats for the reception meal. You check your placement on the reservation sheet. Your name appears with the number of the table you’re looking at. But there is no chair for you to sit in. All the seats are occupied. No one budges. No one looks up to […]
Being raised as an only child in a modest home with a stay-at-home, Hispanic, Catholic Mom and a hardworking, Anglo Episcopalian WWII Veteran Dad, I grew to always love and respect God and to have a consistent, strong work ethic. These were daily observations for me during my growing up years. I was driven, dropped […]
I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Psalm 34:4 ESV “I cannot come back to this, Lord … I just cannot do this anymore!” Ever felt these words come bursting out of your chest? For some of us, not just once but maybe two or three or four times over […]
” … I was just a hot mess on a stick!” – Lisa Harper I know that I can relate … can you, Friend? So embarrassing are the moments that flash across my mind, that I cannot bare to open my eyes — as if someone were peeking into my thought closet seeing what I […]
Don’t you love that feeling when you discover a song that expresses what you can’t find words for? Looking back over my life, I recently found a beautiful song that echoes my heart. “No one ever cared for me like Jesus. His faithful hand has held me all this way. Let it be known, in […]
Christmas was still fresh, as were the décor that was strewn throughout the house. This was round two of the awkwardness of the holidays being lived through the lens of a global pandemic. Depending upon your geographic region, quarantine and social distancing, masking and rigorous disinfecting meant different things, but were all too commonplace and […]
Are you an aspiring writer? Do you have the gift of words? Is there a message in your heart that you feel the Lord wants you to share with others? Titus-two.com is calling on those of you who would like to share their God-given message through the use of their gift of words. This Christ-centered […]
“Don’t call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty.” – Ruth 1:20 NIV Life’s circumstances brought Naomi to a place of feeling rejected, unloved, and hopeless. Full of sorrow and weary from her […]
Titus Two 