Continuing today with our “December to Remember” series, my special guest is dear friend Lynn D. Morrissey, who shares with such honesty and transparency about a holiday season that was not turning out the way she wanted it to. She found herself really wrestling with her attitude… It was Christmastime. We had just moved into a sprawling ranch house […]
“[My dad] would get these far-off looks in his eyes and he would say, ‘Life doesn’t always turn out the way you plan.’ I just wish I’d realized at the time, he was talking about my life.” ~ Sandra Bullock as Lucy in While You Were Sleeping The week before Thanksgiving, I sat looking over my calendar, […]
Do you know what’s causing that heavy feeling? Sometimes it can help to take a few minutes to journal what’s going on. Honestly, that’s usually how I figure out what’s going on, by trying to put it into words so that I can write it down. Here’s something I did a few weeks ago that might help […]
Years ago, I ran across a clever cartoon drawn by artist Cathy Guisewite. In the first panel, it read: TO DO, 1955. There was only one thing on the woman’s list — “Marry well.” In the second panel, it read: TO DO: 1975. Still only one thing, but this time — “Transform the role of […]
Missionary to China J. Hudson Taylor once observed, “To every toiling, heavy-laden sinner, Jesus says, ‘Come to me and rest.’ But there are many toiling, heavy-laden believers, too. For them this same invitation is meant. Note well the words of Jesus, if you are heavy-laden with your service, and do not mistake it. It is […]
