Redeemed, Restored, Renewed..Set Free!!!

Would you ever in your wildest dreams imagine the church to be the scariest place in the world to share you deepest secrets and your hidden hurts? For me, a woman with a dark and shameful past, for a long time it was. I remember standing in front of my…

The quiet, the loneliness, the clean bathrooms!!!! YUK!!! You would think we would be used to this by now but we just aren’t. The baby of our family has returned to college after a nice long Christmas break. I love to know that she is safe and sound each night,…

Just a last minute reminder: THE LAST DAY for my FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY is Sunday January 31st. You have 4 days to “Share a Dream” and win a “Pioneer Woman Cookbook” Check it out here!! Just ONE Dream….ANY DREAM!!!

Our family was blessed with an amazing Easter weekend. We all gathered at a cottage on the water. My Mom, as the family Matriarch, said the word, and it was done! My Mom and I have the very rare blessing of having all of our children living very close together….

“Somewhere between the memories of what has been and the hopes of what might be, we pause, take a deep breath, and wonder” Embracing Your Second Calling—Passion and Purpose for the Rest of Your Life Dale Hanson Bourke (Thomas Nelson, 2009) I devoured this book. It is so yellow highlighted…

 [ The Story of the Seeds ] As they went from town to town, a lot of people joined in and traveled along. He addressed them, using this story: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. Some of it fell on the road; it was tramped down and the birds ate…