I was talking to a friend going through some very tough times, and we started to discuss faith.A recent quote popped into my head and it kind of blew my mind:"We receive more faith by doing something that requires more faith."Crazy, right?To receive faith we have to show faith?My friend and I started talking about it and a few insights popped up that i wanted to share with all of you...

What does boxing have to do with service?Not much, in reality.But as I watched a documentary on Muhammad Ali, I discovered how the two were linked in his life.So how do we serve?Who do we serve?How do we find opportunities?Let's talk about it!

It's been promised that we can have peace in turbulent times.How do we find that peace though?When things are bad and our lives feel like they're falling apart, where do we turn?For me, I think back to the hardest time in my life.When my husband was dying.Where did my peace come from?Let me tell you about it...

 When I was 19 years old I almost made the biggest mistake of my life.Not over-exaggerating.I wanted something.I wanted it pretty bad.When I prayed, I thought I knew the answer.Almost instantly though, as I got up off my knees, something happened.I want to share this with you, along with my own doubts about myself, so we can look at prayer and how the Lord makes sure that even if we're not looking in the right place, he will try to show us the way. 

Ah pets...As you know, last month my 10-year-old daughter came into our bedroom just before my husband and I were going to bed and gave us a full Power Point presentation about why we should buy her a pet.It was adorable.It also put us on a path that has been unexpected and in some cases (I'd like to think, anyway) out of our control.Let me share this comedy of errors, and whether or not we now have a bird...

When it comes to social media, it's really easy to get pulled into someone else's agenda.Agendas of fear.Agendas of anger.Agendas of being the victim.But what is Christ's Agenda?Are we following that agenda?Are we loving God and our neighbor?Simple questions with massive consequences.Let's talk about it...

 The #1 fear for a lot of people is public speaking.I don't suffer from that.And apparently neither does my ten-year-old daughter.She spoke in our church yesterday to the kids, and In learned a great lesson from her that I wanted to share.It's our personal trials and stories that have the greatest impact.What happened? What did she say?Let me tell you about it! 

Tough Love.We let the consequences come when people make bad choices.It's an important aspect of life.But how far do we go down that path with judgment and anger?Do we refuse to help when someone around us does something we know will turn out bad, and that eventuality occurs?That's what I want to talk about today.It's a tough personal choice, but one we need to reevaluate.Let's talk!

With this weekend being the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, I found myself thinking a lot about miracles, and how sometimes they don't happen when or how we think they should.I was reading in the first part of Luke when he writes, "with God, nothing shall be impossible."That statement is true.But that doesn't mean that everything we want is possible how and when we want it.I've been thinking about this in my own life, and I wanted to share my thoughts with you.Join me!

It took me awhile to understand just how much I needed a best friend.It's easy to think we can go through everything alone and that we don't need anyone else's help.Once we go through those times in our lives that beat us down though, we realize how much we need the support of others.I wanted to introduce you to one of my best friends.We're going to talk a bit about how that relationship has fostered our growth over the years and decades since we first met.