I am a mild germaphobe. This is mostly because I tend to get sick easily and I want to avoid it. However, if I’m not careful sometimes my “germ awareness” can get into the moderate level and occasionally it radically shoots off the charts into “If I touch that I think I might die.” Does…
God’s redemptive work in your second marriage can change life for the good, and that includes how you figure out your roles and responsibilities. The decisions made in prior marriages, or a person’s views about roles and responsibilities, might not quite have aligned with how God has wired us. The world’s confusing views of male…
I recently came across the Bible I used from 1996-2006. Inside the front cover, I had written out a sermon outline on servanthood preached at some point during that decade. As I read through my pastor’s points again, all of these years later, they both convicted and encouraged me greatly. Working in ministry can be…
Contrary to popular opinion, the best way to live happily ever after is not to “fall” in love; as if love was something you accidentally stumbled upon and had nothing to do with whatsoever. Under that assumption, surely you will eventually get up, dust yourself off, move on and maybe fall in love again. Finding…
Some people have been so hurt in their lives that they end up hurting others unintentionally as a self-preservation mechanism. I have, at times, been one of those people. When I married my husband, fear boiled below the surface of my excitement for our beautiful wedding and honeymoon. Because of broken relationships with people I…
