Stories Inspire Divine Conversations Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart. – Jeremiah 1:5 When people ask what I do for a living, I hesitate to say, “I am an author.” An author? That sounds like a “big deal” and I am not one. I…
The Very Best Life
Is It Possible These Two Lives Might Look Entirely Different? Have you ever laid out an opportunity with the possibility of great rewards for someone you loved — or perhaps more than one someone? As you watched them struggle, you quietly prayed for them, hoping beyond hope for their success. Without interfering, you closed your…
You Are Right Where You Are Supposed To Be
His name was Jones. I was twenty-three when I saw him for the first time. I had been crying. My cries were the anguished wail that a guy will let loose only when he is sure there is no one around to hear him. And I was sure. Wrong, obviously, but sure. My mother had succumbed…
Are You Creating a Masterpiece?
Gulf Shores, Alabama Thirty-two years ago It was a cold night on the Gulf Coast, and I was wearing everything I owned, including an insulated denim jacket I had found in someone’s trash. It was almost midnight, and I was coming from a marathon session of cleaning fish for Jeannie’s Seafood at the intersection of…