“First Things First”. When you hear that, what comes to mind? In his sermon yesterday, Dr. Terry Carter used an analogy borrowed from Bryan Dyson, a former President and CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises. In life, our relationships and activities can be put into three categories: Rubber, Metal, and Glass. Picture those categories as balls you’re juggling. They’re all competing for
I got in trouble twice that I remember in first grade. First, my teacher had her evaluation with the principal the same day my body decided to run fever in class. She had told us to be on our best behavior, so when my head started to hurt, I simply laid it down on my desk. When the principal left,
At our core, we have a tendency towards selfishness in our marriage. At our core, we think we are better than our spouse. At our core, we judge our spouse and hold them in contempt. At our core, we are setup to fail in our marriage because these characteristics are the opposite of how those we love need to be
On the way to church yesterday the radio DJ spoke about how pride sometimes keeps her from experiencing what church is really about. She wakes up in the morning focused on what she’s going to wear. She focuses on how her hair looks and what her makeup looks like. During the Worship Service she worries if she looks like she’s
Did you know the average person has 60,000 thoughts a day, and 80% of them are negative? That means at the root of the things going on in our minds, there are 48,000 thoughts a day bringing us down. 48,000 things we have 100% control over, we allow to destroy us. Every. Single. Day. No wonder by the time we
We live in a world that tells us we need to become new. A world that tells us we need to look prettier, dress a certain way, drive nice cars, and obtain expensive things … all in an effort to make us feel “new”. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) reminds us, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has
My husband and I met on a private flight from TXK to SLC in 2010. He was the pilot for the Cirrus SR22 the company we worked for owned. I was a passenger. Over the course of our courtship, our careers afforded us the opportunity to fly a lot of places together on a private airplane. Flying private was a
In the summer of 2021, I saw an video play for the ReEngage | Enrich Your Marriage class at Trinity Baptist Church. One of the men talking in the video said, “We had become so good at sweeping conflict under the rug that it led to resentment and mistrust.” They are words I will never forget. There’s something else I’ll
Dear Parents, We have to do better. We have to teach our kids to embrace differences. We have to teach them not to be a bully. Over the last 12 hours I have hugged my kiddo multiple times with tears streaming down her face as she’s poured out her heart to me. “Mommy. My friends at school call you fat.”
Last night as we crawled into bed together, my husband said something. “It’s nice to be able to cuddle with you again.” For over two weeks, we had barely see one another. First because I was quarantined in the bedroom with illness before the holidays. Next, because he was. Then we spent four days visiting family, where the sleeping arrangements
