When You Feel Abandoned
Have you ever felt like you’ve been abandoned? Sure that no one gave a rip about you Convinced you didn’t belong Unloved On your own…
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Inspiration
“Come As You Are” – A 2-minute film you need to see
I believe in the power of God to communicate hope through story. That’s why, when I was offered the position of Creative Director at Fellowship Bible Church in Northwest Arkansas almost 20 years ago, I jumped at the chance. With a team of actors, writers, and directors, we learned to tell stories on both stage and
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3 Upside-Down Reasons Why I Go to Church
This past weekend, I asked myself, “Why do I do this? Why do I go to church?” And as I thought about it, 3 reasons began to roll in, in an upside-down kind of way. 1. Because I’m too busy. Years ago, one of my friends held his hand up in front of
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Inside Out- A Movie Review
I am one of the few people in the world who does not like movies. After too many times of feeling trapped in the middle of a packed theater watching something I didn’t want to watch, I finally decided I couldn’t trust that a moviemaker will take me somewhere I want to go. So, I don’t watch
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10 Things to Say When Someone is Crying
Tears streamed down the little ballplayer’s face and his shoulders shook as he sat, dejected in the dugout. He had failed to hit the ball again. His dad/coach marched into the dugout. “There will be no crying on the ball field, do you understand me? No crying! You are not a baby!” The boy buried
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Neighborhood Kids & the Danger of an Open-Door Policy
It’s dangerous to have an open-door policy. Not to mention messy. I spy a pair of dirty, yellow socks under the couch in the living room and pop them into the washing machine with another load of clothes, then set a lonely tennis shoe on the front porch and pick up the granola bar wrappers
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For the Love of Chocolate
Recently, a company asked me to record a few video blogs about how I experience God’s love and how we can show others that God loves them. I’m guessing this probably isn’t what they were expecting…
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What I Learned in Evansville
For the life of me, I can’t remember my friend’s birthdays. Last Friday morning, just before I left to teach at a women’s retreat, I texted a dear friend in town to say, “I want to bring you one of my LOVED shirts so you can wear it and feel loved all day long on your birthday!”
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2 Things We Can Learn From Brian Williams
(To listen to my audio recording of this post, click on the white triangle below) A client remarked offhandedly in a rehearsal session yesterday, “When I actually give my talk, I’ll embellish that part of the story.” I laughed sarcastically, “Yeah! You could say you were hit by enemy fire!” I’m a public speaking coach. I
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Out With the Old, In With the New
On the morning of my third son’s 8th birthday, he was determined to get rid of the old to make room for the new. It was a painful process, fraught with stops and starts, tenacity and even…blood. Eek! But then, for many of us, the process of getting rid of the old to make room for the
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