Oct
In this podcast I want to share with you how the love of God carried a woman through the horrors of Germany’s worst death camp, Ravensbruck, during the holocaust. I want to share a truth with you that she shared around the world after her release. Her story was indeed a horror story of epic […]
Oct
Shut the door. I know first hand what happens when you leave the door open. I was running late, which I do more often than I should. I had to load the car, feed the dog, put my shoes on (Yes, I was barefooted which makes this story even worse.), and then I would be […]
Oct
Maybe you can think of a dozen reasons that fear shouldn’t hang out at your house, but I can tell you one great, big, huge, hairy reason it can’t stay at my house. Before I share this 1 reason you can’t let fear stay, let me tell you how I learned that lesson. I […]
Oct
I believe…. OK…I’m waiting… and just what is it that you believe? Of course we believe…everyone believes something. What we believe determines our trajectory and destination. The wrong belief will never get you to the right destination, but right beliefs when acted on will take you there. Lauren Daigle’s “You Say” has […]
Oct
Isaiah 41:13 NIV “For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.” This verse is so precious to me. It has been a source of strength and comfort in my life again and again. But when my son […]
Oct
Fear is a big problem for so many people. We try to minimize it with safe labels, numb it, even squeeze it into a dark closest so it can’t access our minds and hearts. But Isaiah 41:10 exposes it with the light of God’s presence and power which frees us and enables us to overcome […]
Oct
I absolutely love the harvest season. That’s easy for me to say because I’m not the one doing the work of harvesting. I just eat it! There are some things that you can’t grow for me. There are things you can share with me, but I am responsible for my harvest. If I want […]
Sep
How do you keep from striking out? While the answer may seem obvious, let’s talk about George Herman Ruth first. He was born in 1895. Some say he learned to play ball at St. Mary’s Reformatory/Orphanage and other stories say he ended up at St. Mary’s because of all the windows he broke playing stickball in […]
Sep
Have you ever experienced an electric fence? When my oldest granddaughter, Karyn, was a baby, I was invited to speak at a church in a rural community. They booked a room for me in a gorgeous bed and breakfast in the middle of farmland. The land adjacent to the house was a pasture with cows […]
Sep
Elisha trusted God and his life proved it. The king of Syria carefully developed a surprise attack strategy against Israel, but when it failed…again and again. It seemed obvious that there must be a traitor in his inner circle. click here to listen or go to your favorite podcasting service. He summoned his […]
Aug
Believe to Receive Samaria, the capital of Israel’s northern kingdom, was under siege. Ben-hadad, the Syrian king and his powerful army’s presence had resulted in a disastrous famine. You can listen as you read. Israel’s king was walking along a wall when a woman cried out to him for help. His answer expressed his sense […]