There’s a story I’d like to share. It’s about a woman who’s in the prime of her life. She has a leadership role in the company she works for and seems to really like her job. She has an adorable young son who seems to be the apple of her eye. She’s beautiful and energetic […]
Archives for November 2015
“Saved”
Over the past several days, I’ve heard more than one individual talk about being saved; and it occurred to me that, had I not grown up in church, I would be more than a little puzzled by their comments. In fact, since most people seem to end their sentence with the word “saved,” I might […]
Giving and Loving
It seems that everywhere I go these days people are talking about giving. I hear about things like a random stranger leaving a $100 at Starbucks for the next round of people who come in afterward. And in recent months a woman I’d never seen before bought my groceries at Target because the stranger in front of […]
Just One Word
All it took to change the entire direction of my heart, mind, and soul today was just one word–“suicide.” I forget sometimes just how powerful words are. I think we all forget. The main point of the context within which this word was used today was something far different than the word itself, yet the […]
Faith
This morning I had the privilege of speaking to a MOPS group (Moms of Preschoolers) at a church in Raleigh. After I spoke and did a reading, I opened the floor to questions from the group. While I’m not sure that I had any fixed expectations regarding questions that might be asked, I can say […]