We are always shocked when successful public figures like Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain take their own lives. We look at them and say, “They had it all. Money, notoriety, an exciting life. How could they be unhappy?” But it’s a sober reminder that riches don’t satisfy, people will disappoint and our hope cannot be…
We had a storm the other day that wiped out our internet and it’s still not back. We’ve had to “hotspot” off our phones so we can work online and it’s also affected our ability to watch television, because it’s all connected. We thought there were others in our neighborhood who experienced this, but as…
“Death comes quickly.” On Saturday, those were the chilling words of our pastor, Robert Morris, who shared the story of his brush with death about two months ago. His message weighed on my mind the rest of the day, so in order to unload some of the heaviness, my husband and I decided to watch…
We face a lot of giants at times. A giant problem in our family or work. A giant task. A giant decision. And sometimes in the midst of these giants, there are additional circumstances that may make us want to play it safe or hide under the covers. When David came up against his literal…
“Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family” (Proverbs 18:24). (The Message) It was unseasonably hot here in South Texas but my husband and I braved the high nineties temperature to play a round of golf at our favorite course. An old church friend’s home is on the course,…