Are You a Shopper or Dweller?
The immediate view out my window is an indoor/outdoor shopping mall. As I sit hovered high above, I’ve been able to detect two groups of people: the shoppers and the dwellers. The shoppers are those who are moving around swiftly, sometimes frantically, looking to buy...
How to Deal with Aggravations in Marriage
My husband and I recently had dinner with our friends who are newly married. We were asking them how things were going and it didn’t take long for the conversation to turn toward those “little things” that were starting to flare up in their marriage, such as who cooks...
The Power of a Special Kind of Prayer
A friend gave me a copy of The Power of a Praying Wife way before I was even married. I wasn’t even dating anyone at the time. I remember being puzzled at why she gave it to me exactly, but nonetheless thumbed through it. If you’ve never read any of Stormie Omartian’s...
The Truth About Time
If you had to identify one thing keeping you from being and pursuing who you are called to be, what would that one thing be? I bet many of us would give variations of the same answer: “Not. Enough. Time.” We are constantly bombarded with the dilemma of having too much...
How Journaling Can Take Us Deeper With God
I start journaling right after I invited the Lord into my heart at age 23. It was my way of talking to God, as well as processing all that I was learning at the time. I continue to start (and sometimes end) each day connecting with God through writing in my journal....
When God Feels Absent
You may remember what shock came over the world after Mother Teresa’s death in 1999 when some of her writings were divulged to the public. She wrote not of the inner bliss of peace and joy during her many years of service, as we might expect, but of her inner...