Faith Blog

I’m not a complainer. I try to be pretty optimistic most of the time. Having said that, every once in a while, I will throw myself a good old-fashioned pity party. I’m pulling into the gas station, and every pump is full. I have my eye on a parking spot, and someone...

If you’ve ever been part of anything remotely athletic before, you’ve probably heard the phrase “No Pain, No Gain”. Coaches chant it in the gym, on the field or a track. It naturally flows from their mouths. The athlete gets overextended and the chanting begins. It’s...

I like for my house to be clean. I don’t exactly enjoy cleaning it, but I like it clean. It feels good to come home from somewhere and everything is in its place, the sheets are fresh and the faucets are shiny. I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels that way. The...

For those of you that have children, let me say that hats are off to you. I do not have children of my own but my niece and I are very close. She’s a teenager now and I’ve been fortunate to always be part of every stage of her life. Sometimes her mother would tell her...

Some of my fondest times growing up were Friday nights. I knew I didn’t have to get up early for school the next morning. There was this little drive-in restaurant in the small town we lived in. You phoned in your order and they brought it out to your car. We always...

I’m a dreamer. I like to imagine a world void of anything bad. I like to imagine how things could be. God has an eternity that awaits His children where sickness, poverty, abuse and anything else you can think of that’s awful does not exist. I look so forward to that....

I don’t know where you stand on leftovers. Some people love leftovers. Some hate them. For me, it depends on the particular food. I don’t love foods that get soggy that are supposed to have a crunch. I do, however, love soups and sauces. They tend to marinade the...

Someone told me once that it’s really hard to drive a car forward if you’re always looking in the rear view mirror. So true. It can be done but not very well. You’re very likely to go off course, miss the beauty of the atmosphere or miss your destination. In the same...

We all know someone that you just can’t share every piece of information with. The very thought of some things will send them over the edge. They will worry night and day. Whatever the “situation” is, may not even come to pass, but they will still worry. What if? How?...

There’s things that come on the scene from time to time that people (usually teenagers) latch onto and cause them to gain immediate popularity. We all know that this time next year “it” will be forgotten, but for now, you’re trying to get it. There’s someone who’s...