“Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others” (Philippians 2:4). I was out of town and my cell phone screen saver was so cracked that I struggled to type on the keyboard. I had an hour window so I decided to hunt for a cell…
How many times have you received a call, text, or email from a friend who is in trouble or going through drama? They are crying so hard that you can barely understand them? Or they begin yelling in anger as they rattle off their grievances against someone or a situation? It’s important for us to…
I didn’t know what to expect when I went to see the movie “Overcomer.” I just knew it checked off some boxes. It had a sports theme, it was a Christian movie, and I actually knew one of the actors, Camy Arnett, who played Thomas Hill, the blind man in the movie. Camy and his…
Have you ever had a washing machine that has gotten out of balance? It sounds bad. It usually happens because you’ve put too many clothes in. And then after a loud struggle in the barrel, it eventually stops. Life can be like that. We really don’t mean to do it. We just keep adding things…
It all started in November of 2018 when I spoke to incarcerated women in a Lafayette, Louisiana jail. Before going in, I was preparing myself for hardened looking criminals. I imagined rough-skinned females with cigars hanging out of their mouths. (I know they don’t allow cigars in the jail, but that is the image that…