True Love Truth: How to Speak the Truth in Love

True Love Truth: How to Speak the Truth in Love

“Dani, you do not treat me with the respect I deserve.” No one had ever called me down like this. I was sitting with the director of the college ministry over which I presided. It was a private meeting – just the two of us. And after going over several items of...
Just Enough: How Much Should I Care?

Just Enough: How Much Should I Care?

I’m a crier. Doesn’t matter the emotion-when enough of it builds up, I cry. Happy, sad, angry, overwhelmed, excited… waterworks. Sometimes this is endearing, and sometimes is it supremely frustrating. I have told more than one person on more than one occasion,...
The Toolbox for Anger

The Toolbox for Anger

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such there is no law.Galatians 5:22-23 My husband promised he only needed one more woodworking tool. It was expensive, but it would allow...
Answering Anger: How to Avoid the Blow Up

Answering Anger: How to Avoid the Blow Up

“It’s okay to be angry, buddy. But it has to be for the right things and in the right way.” I was counseling my 5-year-old after he didn’t like an instruction I gave him, and he raised his fist to shake it at me. “But who am I to teach...
Satisfied: Faith to the Full

Satisfied: Faith to the Full

I am satisfied with Jesus,He has done so much for me:He has suffered to redeem me,He has died to set me free.B.B.McKinney My youngest is completely satisfied with life —- and that’s a problem. Our youngest is potty training in earnest. Or maybe his parents are...
Truth Pills

Truth Pills

I wanted to be numb. It hurt so bad that I couldn’t process. I just wanted to shut it off and be numb. When the dentist told me that my child had four tiny cavities where teeth touch, I felt like a bad parent. Of course, my five-year-old didn’t really...