As we start 2023, I've seen many people talking about New Year's resolutions. Some are having serious discussions about changing personal...

In Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, the villain Davy Jones approaches some frightened sailors on a ship and asks them all the...

I have often found four-way stops frustrating, so for a while now, I've been preaching to my husband about the superior qualities of...

My father and I recently went to see Top Gun: Maverick in theaters. We had both seen the movie in theaters already, but we enjoyed the...

Have you ever, during a difficult season of life, heard a song that spoke comfort to your heart in such a way that it became like a...

In the book, "The Hiding Place," a woman named Corrie and her sister, Betsie, are imprisoned in a concentration camp for helping Jewish...

Years ago, when I competed in impromptu-style speaking, I began collecting quotes of all sorts for use in speeches. I kept these quotes...

In my last post, I began a series called Songs of Hope. As I wrote in that post, I hope to encourage other Christians by sharing songs...

Whether their words capture what we cannot express, or their soothing melodies quiet our hearts, songs can often provide comfort during...

Several days ago a friend told me that she had been sharing my analogy with people all week. "My analogy?" I asked. "What did I say?" I...

This past summer, I went with my family on a beach vacation. I had never been to this beach before, but my mother had, and she had told...

Image Credit: Nile from Pixabay (image modified) Recently, a lost letter from Screwtape to his nephew Wormwood was discovered, and it...

For most of my life, whenever someone asked me how many siblings I had, I would tell them I had one younger sister. Within the past year...

Yes, I realize that the date of this post is well after the Christmas season. However, something happened this past Christmas season that...

Have you ever heard the phrase "first world problem"? Deciding how to spend your extra cash or what (or where) to eat for dinner can seem...

Summer heat tends to run parallel to a season of spiritual dryness in my life. Around this time last year, I was questioning whether I...

Dear Friend, I've never been in your shoes, but I've met people like you. They've told me about what it's like to be where you are, think...

With our cell phones ever at our fingertips, putting pen to paper can seem like such a waste of time. Truth be told, handwriting in a...