Being the older sister, I used my driver’s license so my sister and I could drop by the hospital and surprise our mother. The surprise was on us. Daddy had scheduled our previous visits. Now I understood why. I heard Mama moaning on the other side of the closed door to her room. She was asleep and unaware others could hear her pain. My sister and I drove home in silence. The reality our mother would never come home smothered us. As painful as it was to see her suffer, knowing the ugly Continue Reading
“You’re Joking Me” – a Young Author’s Take on Clean Humor
Call your young children to listen to this interview! William Daniel is a seventh grader, a WWII enthusiast, and a competitive gymnast. He builds model airplanes and wants to be a pilot someday. Written by a kid for kids, You're Joking Me is a hilarious collection of more than four hundred puns, riddles, one-liners, and knock-knock jokes that are sure to have kids (and their adults) laughing up a storm! William is a wonderful example for young children of how one can make Continue Reading
Manipulating God’s Timing {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
“May the Lord judge between us. Perhaps the Lord will punish you for what you are trying to do to me, but I will never harm you.” 1 Samuel 24:12 David and his men had been hiding when they heard the footsteps of a man entering the cave. Startled, he oddly shifted on the ground, careful not to make a sound that would denounce his presence. He stretched his neck to look toward the sound. His heart skipped a beat. It was him, the man he admired and loved, yet, his enemy. The very one who Continue Reading

The Struggle Is Real, but So Is God {Interview & Column for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution} Listen to this interview with podcaster, entrepreneur, and author Misty Phillip, where she talks about her bible study, The Struggle Is Real, but so Is God, a study focused on how to keep strong faith through life's hard circumstances. If you are reading this in your email, click HERE to listen. Read the column about this conversation below. “Blessed be your name when the sun’s Continue Reading
Do People See Jesus in Me? {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
Do people see Jesus in me? This is a question I often think about. Perhaps this is a desire you hold and pray. Lord, let others see Jesus in me! Lately, this hope and prayer stays at the forefront of my mind. So I completed my own soul-searching, looking in the Scriptures, and asking the Holy Spirit to open my spiritual eyes to how others truly see Jesus in me. Because when Jesus lives in us and we allow the triune God to transform us from the inside out, Continue Reading
Our First LOVE DAY at House of Cherith
February 25th was a day we dreamed about, prayed over and anticipated for over three years. Before the pandemic, my friend and Certified Nutrional Counselor Stephanie Wilkins and I had planned to start working with women's shelters, bringing the Good News of the gospel and sharing free Bible studies with women in transition homes in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Then the pandemic hit and stopped the program before it even began. Fast forward three years, and we now realize that the Continue Reading
