Today's lunch was very special to me. I got to listen to my friend, Jeff, tell me about his experience on a spiritual retreat recently. ...

My biggest fear, ever, was public speaking. In 8th grade I had a negative experience and I knew it would never happen again! As you may...

One of my favorite things to do is to eat together with family and friends. Mike and I make that a priority and we get together with...

When Mike brought home two rescue dogs, Bella and Lila, we had to get a fence. We chose an underground fence around our property line. ...

Recently I was having to share about when I really started responding to God. As I looked back on my life I think it was when I was...

If you do not know anything else about Lent or Ash Wednesday you probably know that is when people start asking, “what are you giving up?”...

I was reading a friend's "about" information and I wanted to use her words for my website because they were perfect. She talked about...

My friend and I often talk about how much louder we sing at church than we used to. I think we get so into worship that we forget anyone...

My parents showed me what a prayer life should be. They never told me. Each morning before they woke my brothers and I up, they were...

Recently Mom and I were having a conversation and at the end of it, Mom said, "As your Granny would, say, "be sure your sins will find...

I have to be honest - I have never tasted coffee so I do not “have to have it” but I do know people who cannot wake up until they have...

I was thinking about how so many men and women had their lives transformed in the last month through a spiritual retreat weekend. I have...

Recently I had to give a talk to be "previewed." I got so anxious about this. For years this was my biggest fear and I have come a long...

My Granny had a saying for most things. One I heard all of the time was, "I am cold to the bone!" My family used to call me Granny...

As a child I learned to love my birthday and Christmas because I got so many good gifts. I learned to expect great things! I still love...

Valentine's day is also National Donor day and is a time to focus on all types of donation - organ, eye, tissue, blood, platelets and...

A friend of mine and I were talking about an answered prayer. One of those that was a long time coming. She said, "Jill, I just said to...

I was sending a note to a friend who is going through tough times. I do not know or need to know the details to pray for her. I was...

I think most of us have given and/or received a folded up piece of notebook paper passed to us by a third party that says, "Do you love...

It had been a tough day - make that a tough week. It had actually been a tough with this particular issue but instead of things getting...