With the new year in full swing, I have to come clean about something: I don’t like my word for this year. I didn’t choose it, and I don’t want to do it. More than likely you’ve heard someone say, “My word for this year is,” and then they tell…
Category: Tuesday Talks
When Thankfulness is Placed on Hold
This is the season when we all start taking a look at what we’re thankful for. But have you ever been in a different type of season, one where it’s difficult to see or to even take the time to look? On Sunday morning, I stood on the stage with…
Is it Possible to Get Angry and Not Look Like a Fool?
Have you ever made a rash decision made from temper? Did you regret it later on, after you have calmed down? At some point in our lives, we all make bad decisions based upon our emotions. We’re too quick to respond. We may say something we don’t really mean, or…
The Right Decision May Not Always Be the Popular One
Sometimes the choices we need to make are not very popular ones. They go against the popular majority, make us face our fears, or expect more from us than we could ever think possible. Let’s take a look at Queen Vashti for a moment. Here’s a woman who tends to…
Look to Esther as an Example to Face Your Fears
Fear. It’s all around us. It’s inside of us. Great or small, we all, at some point, have something we are afraid of. I’m afraid of sna the “s” word. I’m afraid of failure, of being wrong or making a mistake. I have phone anxiety, probably because of the above.…
When Change Hits Us in the Face, We Need to Trust God
When we are thrown into a scene which we would never have placed ourselves, how do we react? Do we fight, kicking and screaming at the injustice we feel? Do we gracefully bow out and run away? Or do we stay and try to make the best of the situation,…
Reading Esther for Today
When we are thrown into a scene which we would never have placed ourselves, how do we react? Do we fight, kicking and screaming at the injustice we feel? Do we gracefully bow out and runaway? Or do we stay and try to make the best of the situation, trusting…
Are You a Negative Influence?
What influence do you have over others? Do you notice others watching you, trying to follow what you do? Or, are there those people who see what you do and think that’s the way they should act, speak, walk? As the mom of four, I’m constantly reminded of my bad…
15 Worship Songs I Can’t Stop Singing
I am the type of person who will hear a word and start singing the first song that pops into my head. In the morning, I tend to wake up with a song, and all throughout the day and into the night I’m singing. I love music. I can’t help…
Saying “I’ll Try” Instead of “I Can’t” Will Open Up New Possibilities
Today’s post is one I wrote back in 2013. It is a timeless topic; we are always called to try new things and not to give up before we start. I can. Two simple words that flashed a few times on the TV screen at the first small church group…