Around Christmas time I made a batch of cocoa cookies. I had made this family recipe many times, so I was quite surprised when I bit into the finished product and it tasted like burnt play-dough. What had gone wrong? Why had my baking skills suddenly turned into a baking curse? I checked the milk…
Steve Taylor is no stranger to controversy, to the notion, as he said, Criticism comes best from within.” There was the time, during his 12-year, Grammy-nominated recording career, his album “I Predict 1990,” which opens with the satirical “I Blew Up The Clinic Real Good,” was pulled from shelves at Christian music stores. And the…
When I was single, I became involved in a relationship that lasted about eight years. In the eyes of the world, my boyfriend was a pretty good guy. I readily admit he didn’t leave me much to complain about; he treated me like a queen most of the time. I found our being together easily…
Do I make plans without considering the will of God?” Do I make plans without considering the will of God?” As I went to get the milk from the fridge this morning, that question starred back at me from its little page, hung so purposefully with a butterfly-shaped refrigerator magnet. How many times have I…
I’m sure you’ll agree that trusting God in the midst of His No’s is not easy! Don’t ya just hate it when you have a relationship all worked out in your mind, but it never manifests the way you dreamed it should. What’s worse is when you’ve actually started dating someone, and after having given…
