Heart Warming

Magazines…billboards…movies…T.V. commercials, they all seek to sell their version of beauty. Each avenue has an opinion on how we should look in order to be accepted. Psalm 139: 13-14 confirms that God created us from the womb, and we were fearfully and wonderfully made. Yet society—and its groupies, social media ...

One of the most universally known hymns and one of my all time favorites is “Amazing Grace” by John Newton.  Trying to appease my curiosity about the number of renditions the song has been remixed, remade, or revived, I submitted a quick search into the ol’ Google search engine and ...

Prison Reform From The Inside Out By John Livingston Clark Should death-row prisoners who have had a permanent transformation of character still be executed? Should they still be required to give their life for taking the life of another? The friends and family members of the victims would probably think ...

To celebrate our 20th anniversary several years ago, my husband and I journeyed to a beach outside the old city of Charleston, South Carolina. Arriving in the early evening, we headed straight for the shore. Mostly deserted by the day’s visitors, it offered quiet and peace from a full day ...

I was lying in bed with my daughter, then nine years old, while praying for her at bedtime.  It had been a rather harrowing day and she had gotten the brunt of my frustration in a way that now seemed extremely harsh.  I sensed there was a problem because she ...