I am very ready to welcome blue skies, sunshine, and warmer weather after a long, dreary skied winter. The months of January, February,...

With the recent loss of two precious lives in my surrounding community, this topic is still heavy on my heart. This message is one I...

I hope that by sharing my story you will have an even deeper perspective into the desperate need for adequate mental health care in our...

Hi Friends, Yesterday marked nine months since losing Randy to cancer. I dread the 25th of each month, but yesterday was a particularly...

Our perspective is so important. If it is off-kilter, even just a little, all our assumptions and feelings that stem from that...

With Valentine's Day approaching the word love or references to love are everywhere. The thing is, love involves relationships, and...

Hi Friends, This week's blog post is a little different. I just really felt like someone out there needed to hear it this week and not...

My number one goal this year is to cultivate a joy-filled life of purpose. Joy is not an emotion that just shows up magically, it is a...

With the beginning of a new year come thoughts of starting fresh with a clean slate. It is like having an opportunity for a do-over. It...

While reflecting on 2018 and focusing on what I would like to change and accomplish in the coming year, I was reminded to be cautious of...

In case you were wondering, it is not a typo or a saying from the south, the title is Lessons from "a Fir", not "afar." For those of you...

I love Christmas music. My family listens to it from Thanksgiving Day through New Year's Day every holiday season. One of my favorites is...

I have been dreading the holidays with everything that is in me. Right now I do not feel much like joy, peace, and love. My insides are...

Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! ~Blessings Friends! Photo: Pixabay, billslife2012

Do you ever have a song go through your head all day long and it's just kind of there, playing over and over, in the background of your...

"It ain’t what they call you; it’s what you answer to." ~W.C.Fields The lies that bombard our minds on a daily basis seek to rename us,...

Last weekend I was invited to share my story at The Encounter, a church in Peoria, Illinois. While I was there I had the privilege of...

I love this quote by CS Lewis, "Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward to success."...

I have personally never faced the fear of failure as strongly as I have in the last year. Because of this I am becoming a student of...