Are You Ready for Battle?

Are You Ready for Battle?

We all love our heroes.  Whether it’s in movies, books or real life there’s something within every human being that loves watching two forces meet in battle and seeing good triumph over evil.  Why does it touch us at such a profound emotional level?  It’s because we...
Your Choice: Door Number 1, 2 or 3?

Your Choice: Door Number 1, 2 or 3?

I grew up in a home that was filled with criticism, accusation, shame, and bitterness.  My mother was constantly shouting and berating me and it shaped me into a little girl who was afraid, timid and withdrawn.  The healing I have experienced through God’s love has...
The Prison of Unforgiveness

The Prison of Unforgiveness

  Is there someone in your life who you are having a hard time forgiving?  Is there someone who has committed an offense so overwhelming and devastating that you just can’t let it go?  There is a great danger in holding this kind of unforgiveness in your heart. ...
The Importance of Honoring Your Father

The Importance of Honoring Your Father

Today is Father’s Day and a good time to reflect on what it means to “honor your father”.  Some of you have had fantastic fathers, some have had horrible fathers, and many of you have had fathers that lie somewhere in between.  They have their strengths,...
Honestly,  Who am I?

Honestly, Who am I?

  Does your moral compass point toward honesty?  A few weeks ago in the May Newsletter we talked about the masks people wear that cover up their true identity. We try to hide the true and sometime ugly things inside us from others, and even more destructively,...