It was after I realized that divorce was imminent that I chose to move out and find my own place. My kids came along. Those early weeks and months were so very hard. Some days unable to function; other days avoiding people of any kind. On my worst days I would grab some DVDs and head downstairs. I told my kids that I’d be unavailable for a while. I’d lie on the couch and just watch movie after movie after movie.  This past Wednesday as I was out on my very early morning walk

In 1930 a man by the name of Frank Laubach made a monumental decision. He decided to begin a prayer experiment to discover if he could be in touch with God all the time, what Paul the apostle would call, “prayer without ceasing.” His goal was to bring God to mind one second for every minute. Praying at home, praying when he was out, blessing those he walked by. A practice, for the most part, accomplished and one in which changed his life and, more importantly, changed his rel

Years ago I was a part of a teaching team for a Women’s Ministry. At this particular time, we were doing a series on spiritual disciplines. My week was prayer and fasting. Prayer - YAH!!  Fasting - UGH!! And what made it worse was that God very clearly asked me - okay, he told me - to fast in order to teach on it. FOR SEVEN DAYS!!! Oh boy, did I fight him on this, but eventually, of course, he won. But I wasn’t happy. For the first three days I argued and complained the entir