Heaven on earth? Really, Karen? Is there even such a thing? Why, yes. Yes, there is! And we have access to front-row-seat tickets. Yet, I’m not talking about things or situations we attribute to the phrase, “It was heaven on earth.” Such as food, trips, or any experience we feel was heaven-like. We are so limited in what we imagine for heaven. It’s much bigger and carries more awe than we realize. A New Heaven and Earth But the new heaven and earth will one day replace this fallen Continue Reading
A Promise for the Winter-Weary Soul…
They line up the streets as I enter my subdivision. A festival of white and pink bloom, cheerful reminders of warmer and brighter days to come. I utter a prayer of thanksgiving – even though the cold temperatures this week denied me of my morning walks along these streets, the dogwoods do not lie: Spring is around the corner! As I open the garage door, I gaze at the front yard, where our very own dogwood tree welcomes me home, its first blooms cheering my winter-struck flower bed. Spring Continue Reading
He Loves Me…He Loves Me Not {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
He loves me. He loves me not. I plucked the white daisy petals, deciding the outcome of my childhood crush. Years later during a Sunday church service, daisies on my dress stirred those memories as I waited for my pastor-husband Mike to call me to the platform. He’d asked me to share the long journey of praying for my father to come to Christ. First we watched the Billy Graham video, Hope for America—a Message of the Cross. While I waited for my cue, the white-and-yellow daisies on a Continue Reading
Hope and Faith Bloom in Spring (Weekend Atlanta Journal Column)
They line up the streets as I enter my subdivision. A festival of white and pink bloom, cheerful reminders of warmer and brighter days to come. I utter a prayer of thanksgiving - spring has sprung! After a dreary winter, I can finally walk outside and breathe in the beauty of God’s colorful majesty. As I open the garage door, I gaze at the front yard, where our very own dogwood tree welcomes me home, its first blooms cheering my winter-struck flower bed. Spring is my favorite time of the Continue Reading
A Reflection on Robin Williams’ Death – Last Weekend’s AJC Column
“Carpe Diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.” Quoted from the memorable blockbuster film "Dead Poets Society," these were the words I recalled when I heard that one of the funniest men on earth had died. His characters made me laugh, cry and remember to keep life in perspective. Whether in "Mrs. Doubtfire," portraying the hilarious father who didn’t spare extreme measures to reunite with his children, or as John Keating, the unorthodox, free-spirited English teacher in "Dead Continue Reading
