Liar, Liar

Liar, Liar

I could hear the mockers in my mind whispering, “You’re not good enough, they think you’re annoying, you sing off pitch, you’re going to let everyone down, you’re too prideful, they don’t care what you have to say, you’re too young.” You see, every promise of God in...
The Good Old Days

The Good Old Days

We recently sold my childhood home. It was the home my mother dreamed of and the home my father worked hard to provide for his family. Along with the relief of the sale came emotions I wasn’t prepared for: grief, a sense of loss, and a longing for days gone by....
Circle of Friends

Circle of Friends

“I don’t talk to them,” my niece Michelle casually stated as we drove by a group of girls near her middle school. “What do you mean?” I asked. “You don’t know them?” “No, I know them. They are the popular girls, everyone knows them. I just don’t talk to them.”...
Embrace the Cross

Embrace the Cross

Most of the major religions throughout history have had emblems or symbols to distinguish themselves from other faiths. Judaism has the Star of David, Buddhism the Wheel of Dharma, Islam the Star and Crescent, and on and on it goes. But Christianity has a totally...