S.E. Hinton is quoted as saying “If you have two friends in your lifetime, you’re lucky. If you have one good friend, you’re more than lucky.” And he’s exactly right. It is way more than luck. It is the good grace of a sovereign Father. I really get what he was saying and I realize […]

Andrew Murray said: The only humility that is really ours is not that which we try to show before God in prayer, but that which we carry with us, and carry out, in our ordinary conduct; the insignificances of daily life are the importances and the tests of eternity, because they prove what really is […]

In rehearsing God’s faithfulness and recognizing His mercy chase, I feel a little bit like the author of Hebrews when he said in Chapter 11 “And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of …” In grouping events or people in one post, it seems that the significance will […]

On October 19, 1984, at the beginning of my Junior year, a cute young college guy picked me up from Vail dorm for our first date. On our way to a missions’ conference at Briarwood Pres in Birmingham, he asked me if I would like to grab a bite to eat. Oh! a man after […]

“Back in the day” the requirements to get into college weren’t quite as steep. Thankfully my ACT score was good enough at the time for me to be accepted to Auburn University and Samford University (in Birmingham) – the two schools I was considering. Being in-state made the tuition at AU much less, but at […]

As I think back to highlights of my high school/teen years, I could never leave out the importance of our youth camps at Fall Creek Falls in Tennessee. When the group of us (usually about 85-100 kids each year) returned from the week of camp, we would have a Reflection Sunday at church that Sunday […]

Being born with that “spiritual silver spoon” in my mouth can certainly be a blessing or a curse. Self described as a free spirit, new age artist Emilie Autumn had a song out about ten years ago called Second-hand Faith that said “If an ancient word, a heathen spell can salvage me, I will believe […]

November 7. Today I am 30 days out from turning 50. That is, if The Lord allows me to live until then. Or if He does not return before that day. It is with a deep feeling of gratitude and a keen awareness of God’s goodness that I reflect on my days as a “youth” […]

High school was … just that. High school. I am thankful that God blessed me with some great friends to get me through those years. I have mentioned my BF who I couldn’t imagine those years without, and I also had three school friends my age who helped me to survive. We enjoyed great lunchroom […]

When I turned 15, like most my age I got my permit. Probably that very day! My parents were great to let me drive them around, but my daddy is the one I especially remember riding along with me. I am assuming that my kids remember that their dad was a much better passenger than […]