In the early 1800s as Henry Ward Beecher stepped up to the podium of Plymouth Church to preach, he found a letter awaiting him. He opened it and found it contained only one word: “Fool.” With becoming seriousness, he announced to the church the contents of the letter. Then he said, “I have known many…
I love words beginning with RE. The ones you find on magazine covers that motivate you to change your house, furniture, looks, relationships, or health. Just reading the words re-energizes me! Rejuvenate Repurpose Renovate Restore Refurbish Renew Remodel Rediscover Reorganize Revitalize The dictionary defines the prefix RE as again, anew, backward. But that seems inadequate….
It’s true, you know. We do judge a book by the cover. As we peruse the shelves at the library or Barnes & Noble, our eyes tend to skip over the bland, boring book jackets. The bright, fun, or interesting ones grab our attention and without even thinking about it, our hand reaches to out…
“In a world where there are no longer books we have almost all of us read, the movies we have almost all of us seen are perhaps the richest cultural bond we have. They go on haunting us for years the way our dreams go on haunting us. In a way they are our dreams….
Can a sobbing shout to God be prayer? Can a stomped foot and an angry finger pointed skyward be as effective as prayerful hands folded whilst kneeling, head bowed, softly petitioning the Heavenly Father? Yes. God judges our hearts when we cry out to Him and that day God saw my brokenness and had mercy…
[Billy Graham died Wednesday morning, February 21, 2018. He was 99 and had preached the gospel to more than 215 million people in 200 countries for almost 70 years. I wrote the following article about him when his autobiography, as well as two other biographies of him, came out in 1997. This article first appeared…
I posted a question on social media asking for help writing this article on Mean Girls and, within an hour, I had over 35 comments not to mention the likes that came as a part of each comment. Mean girls have existed since man’s time on earth began because sin entered the world. Along with…
*Affiliate links included. We used to say, “These are the things I’d like to do before I die.” However, after the movie The Bucket List was released in 2007, our jargon changed. That film prompted many to create their own list for the first time. Although the name may have changed, the idea has not….
I was coming to the end of my creative rope, facing yet another Mother’s Day without any hints for a gift for the woman who nurtured and loved me into adulthood. My Mom has everything and surely nothing I could purchase at a department store would seem unique or heartfelt. After much prayer and girlfriend…
* Affiliate links included. “Now I lay me down to sleep…” Do you remember the rote prayer we learned as children? Or maybe you taught your children, “God is great, God is good. Let us thank Him for our food.” There is nothing wrong with teaching a child those simple prayers, but as our children…
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