I never made a bucket list. I don’t know if I ever will, but it isn’t because I don’t want to be prepared to die. Last year I celebrated American citizenship with a woman from Iraq by buying her lunch. She turned her palms up to pray for our meal. Her prayer was simple, “God, Read More
Category: The Heart and Motives
Discerning motives of the heart and living like people are watching
Open in case of emergency
I’ve read about southern towns from authors like (my favorite) Joshilyn Jackson where ladies in the community keep a covered dish in the freezer to give away when someone moves or has a baby. I haven’t lived in a place like that, but I’ve usually had the wisdom to keep an emergency meal on hand, Read More
Heart of Petra is now available for Pre-order
Book two in the Breaking Bonds Series, Heart of Petra, has an official release date: October 28, 2014. The Kindle version is available for pre-order now. I’m not a huge fan of series — and I never intended to write one. But the sweet girl whose parents refused to help Sparrow kept talking to me. Read More
Formalistic Intimacies
Our pastor relates private worship with God to intimacies in marriage. Basically, the acts of love that happen behind closed doors should be greater than what takes place in public. Otherwise it is like a cold, dead marriage where the couple acts like everything is fine in front of others. He wasn’t saying if you Read More
Praying naked
I am not a Bible scholar and I do not want the responsibility of being a teacher—but I discussed praying with someone recently. He had read something which professed a heart change when you physically humbled yourself before God. Basically, you need to kneel when you pray to get the most out of it. As Read More