Faith

Autumn, blessed autumn.  If I could, I would gather in the earthy smell of the wet leaves while embracing their unique colors as they pirouette gracefully to the ground.  I’d take endless walks in the crisp, invigorating morning dews and damps giving relief to frosty fingers with my warm breath.  ...

A child of the 70s, the worn-out phrase “I need to find myself,” makes me cringe. Yet in those words—often used to justify selfishness and indulge in sin—lies a truth we cannot deny. It is a truth we do not want to deny for the doorway to finding ourselves is ...

Eyes downcast and filled with barely suppressed tears, shoulders stooped as if carrying the weight of the world upon them, mind filled with turmoil and fear.  Where are you, God?  Do you even care?  I am beyond tempted to fear evil – way beyond.  I am no longer walking through ...

Often, a variety of overused words become quite common, causing them to lose depth and rich meaning. Take for instance ‘kept’. It’s believed we get the word ‘kept’ from an ascended overlook building during the European Middle Ages. Fourteenth century scholars considered ‘the keep’ a necessary stronghold used in wartime ...

The “prosperity gospel” is a trend in many churches, especially some of the mega-churches, that suggests a person may become wealthy in one of two ways. The first is strictly through faith in God and His desire to make the individual wealthy. Failure to achieve wealth means you simply didn’t ...