Christianity

The Comforting Thing I Learned About God’s Provision

Dec 21, 2016 | Christianity, Counseling, Trauma

I was 15. I went three days without food. I wanted to die, wanted to walk in front of a car, just have it be over. Depriving myself of food was just one more way for me to bury the pain. Heck, I’d tried guys, drugs, booze. None of those...

Slowing Down to Hear the Mystery

Jul 26, 2016 | Blog, Books, Christianity, Counseling, Psychology, Relationships, Self Care

Sorry friends, it’s been awhile since I wrote my last blog post. I wonder if your summer has been as busy as mine. I didn’t intend for it to be this way. Today I took a long walk, alone, so I could hear the sound of my own heartbeat. And I’ve been...

Your Inner Happy

Jun 2, 2016 | Blog, Books, Christianity, Counseling, Couples, Movies, Psychology, Relationships, Self Care, Trauma

I've always used Instagram for my own pleasure. If you look, you'll see I have lots of posts with food, drink, and the people I love. However, I realized I was missing a huge opportunity to share my counseling, writing, and speaking material over there. ...

The Books I Read The Second Half Of 2015

Dec 29, 2015 | Blog, Books, Christianity, Counseling, Psychology, Relationships, Self Care, Trauma

Can you believe 2015 has two days left in it? I didn't get as many books read as I usually do because we were so busy traveling and remodeling. However, I got to read a wide variety of books and I think you'd enjoy most of them. For each book listed, I cut and pasted...

Christmas 2015

Dec 27, 2015 | Blog, Christianity, Relationships

I made a video of Christmas 2015...

My Ten Most Popular Blog Posts

Jan 12, 2015 | Books, Christianity, Counseling, Couples, Movies, Psychology, Relationships, Self Care

Just for fun I checked out my google analytics to see what my most popular blog posts were. Here they are in order of popularity: 1. Life Code by Dr. Phil - a book review 2. Ten Things I Learned in My 40s That I Wish I Knew in My 20s and 30s 3. Momastery...

Rush of Heaven by Ema McKinley with Cheryl Ricker

Oct 13, 2014 | Blog, Christianity

“Ema, give me your hand.” These were the words Jesus spoke to Ema on Christmas Eve before He straightened her crooked foot, hand, neck, and spine, and restored her mobility. Easter weekend, eighteen years earlier, an ordinary workday turned into a...

America’s Soldiers Singing “Days of Elijah” at Camp Pendleton

Sep 19, 2014 | Christianity

This video taken at Camp Pendleton shows U.S. Marines at a Christian worship service singing the upbeat Christian song, “Days of Elijah.” As reported by The Blaze, “A description of the video, which was first posted to Facebook Sunday by a woman...

A New Way To Consider Relationships With Messy Endings (Children of the Day by Beth Moore)

Sep 18, 2014 | Christianity, Relationships

Today I started attending a Bible study at my church. It’s been ten years since I’ve been a part of a group study like this. It felt great to be back after so many years. There was a day I would attend two to four Bible studies a week. That went on for the...

FaithHappenings – a tailor made website for your Christian resources

Jul 7, 2014 | Christianity

Check out this new website. It's called FaithHappenings and it lets you find out what's happening in your part of the world. You can find out about speakers, authors, book sigings, concerts, churches, etc. Also, you can set it up so you...