I recently returned from the annual college women’s retreat I co-lead with a former classmate. Spiritual in nature, our theme was “Connecting the Dots in Relationships.” Our goal was not only to reconnect with the women we went to college with but to also reconnect with God. One of the women attending the retreat for…
Pardon me, but I am relatively new to Twitter. To understand how it works, I thought I’d follow some of the Christian writers and speakers I admire like Beth Moore, Andy Stanley and Lee Strobel, to see what tweets they came up with. Through the process, I realized you could not only tweet, but you…
Today as I took my morning walk on our neighborhood’s scenic walking and running trail, I made an observation: People no longer stroll babies; they run at top speed with them! A dad was racing behind the baby I observed this morning, and she was reaching her hand out as if to say, “Dad, stop! …
I learned a new fishing term today: “Croakers.” Small croakers are bait fish used to snag the larger saltwater fish and tend to make a croaking sound when you handle them. What a life! Croakers are born underdogs; small, unassuming, and their calling is to be fish food. Strangely, I think we can identify with…
I just rediscovered hot rollers. Upon the invention of the curling iron, then the flat iron, I stored away my hot rollers because the new technology seemed more efficient. Lately, however, the flat iron seems to fry my hair more than flatten, while the large hot rollers amazingly smooth my frizzy locks. So when packing…