Category: Christian Living

This week I worked my first senior health fair since COVID stopped the events from happening. My morning hadn’t gone as planned, and I really felt I needed to be somewhere else instead of at the event. I walked in to setup 5 minutes before the event was opening, and I had a lady standing…

When I first started my career doing public relations for an EMS agency, I was filming an employee spotlight video at one of our stations we shared with a local fire department. The firefighters had recently received a new ladder truck and, in the middle of their training, asked if I wanted to go up…

Two questions have come up on a regular basis recently: 1. Can I share your posts? 2. Why do you put so many of your thoughts and personal business on social media? First, if you read something that resonates with you, share it with others so they can get benefit from it, too. Second, I…

A few years ago I was having lunch with a friend who was contemplating leaving the comforts her full-time paycheck provided her to chase her dream. She had reached a crossroads. On the road she was on was a comfortable paycheck with benefits, a fancy title on her resume, and a position as a leader…

Twenty years ago, I sat in a “Sociology of Religion” class right off of George Square at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. As we discussed the evolution of religion over the years, one thing stuck out and remained with me above all else. One of the biggest problems facing Christianity at the time was…

“We hurt our own feelings by thinking we mean more to people than we really do.” Those words caught my eyes multiple times this week as I scrolled social media. At last count, the post had been shared more than 1500 times in two weeks, at least three times by my own friends. The most…

As I was watering the garden yesterday, I was frustrated by multiple things. Despite all our efforts, the tomato plants 🍅 are continuing to die from the ground up. I lost three more watermelons 🍉 and realized one of the plants is also dying at its root. My cucumbers 🥒 continue to produce, but I…

Why are you acting this way? As a parent, I have asked myself this question more than once. Unsurprisingly, I would ask it as I tried to figure out my child’s behavior. Now I ask it as I try to figure out my own behavior. There are moments, especially after a long day at work,…

Do you ever look at your social media newsfeed and think, “Wow, I want a marriage just like their marriage?” I used to believe everything on social media was as great as it appeared. Then my own marriage went through a rough spot. My husband was the last to know how unhappy I had become….

Note:  This is part 4 of a 4 part series entitled “When God Closes Doors”. Busyness! If you asked me to pick one word that summed up the past three decades of my life, “busyness” would be it. Most days, every minute is planned out with meetings, events, and blocked time for special projects. Even…