A significant source of shame and guilt…..it’s called “cognitive dissonance” and it leads to living as a false self. It will cause the vessel of a soul to shatter.
In 1978, the summer before Hurricane Fredrick hit the Alabama Gulf Coast in September 1979, Bill and I and our kids vacationed on the lagoon in Gulf Shores at the home of Katherine and R.L. Musgrove, along with their son, Pete, and several other Musgrove family...
My schedule today took me to contemporary worship at 9:30. The sermon was a touchdown, an out of the park home run, a message straight from God’s Word to my heart…. It was about something I pray for all the time. Tears flowed. I rarely put on makeup for...
Four years ago today, on August 23, 2018, I had written about feeling God starting to move or redirect me again…. 2 months later hurricane Michael had ripped our entire community out of our familiar places and routines and set us on a long road to recovery,...
“…..some of the most common problems troubling people today, including identity concerns, attachment issues, and addiction….” This was part of an invitation to a webinar on Christian counseling. “Identity concerns”…when life...
In April 1997 during a season of extreme stress, I began what I called my “experiencing”… it was an intense period of spiritual awakening, accompanied by a degree of confusion that got worse until one day it was made clear to me that I was...
When asked which is more important , God’s love or his holiness, my response is as follows: God’s holiness is a function of His particular kind of love, in my opinion. Even though he loves steadfastly and unequivocally, because he loves, he also...
“The gifts of the Spirit are not meant to give us a short cut to maturity. One of the dangers in the Church is we expect the gifts of the Spirit to quickly do what only the fruit of the Spirit is meant to do slowly.” -Rich Villodas Strait: (of a place) of...
Driving today in moderately heavy after-school traffic- Me: (out loud to the driver of the red car in the center lane) I see your signal. Come on in. I’ll give you space to merge into this lane. (as several other cars zipped right by her.) Student: You always do...
From 9/14/2016 I’m sure if one is called to preach, there must be a passion and equipping for preparing sermons since one would be expected to do that every week. Preaching is not my calling, although I find myself asked to do that from time to time. My call is...
