Have you ever taken a spiritual gift inventory? Very often they can be a helpful tool in pinpointing exactly how God has specifically designed you for His purposes. On many spiritual gift inventories, I’ve scored high on the gift of “prophecy.” That doesn’t specifically mean that I have the urge to go around preaching damnation [...]
Here it is the week before Mother’s Day and it’s gotten me to thinking about my mother. Very often I have, unfortunately, used her as an example of what not to do in my marriage relationship. After all, I didn’t look to my dad to figure out how to be a wife and mother! For [...]
When empathy has been shown to me, I’ve felt as if someone has wrapped a warm blanket around my shivering cold shoulders. But when I’ve had to share that same warmth with others, especially those who’ve hurt me, it hasn’t been so easy to achieve. I see many in my counseling office who struggle in [...]
Is it just me, or are there so many male celebrities in 2009 and 2010 who’ve sunk to despicable levels? Maybe there have been years where we just didn’t know about the misdeeds certain celebrities were committing, or maybe there are just more people spinning out of control. Now there’s this whole Melodrama with Mel. [...]
