Episode 0101: Table time with Las Shabby Chicas: Brittany Burnette, Stacie Bostic, Adrianne Schwanke. The shoreline is a place where we come to the intersection of our need and what only God can do…                               …where our longing and need collide with God’s ability and desire to supply. Come empty handed…to the heart of the Creator and King who harbors the weapons, water and heart rush we need for the journey…  Shoring Up with...

Women harbor the power to tear down or build up. The world tells us that we are powerful to the degree we can distract men, but the Truth is that a) the grass is not always greener and b) you are more powerful to the degree that you choose to wield your femininity to help others…men, kids, friends, boyfriends, co-workers and husbands … toward obedience. There are always consequences to tearing down or hindering others, but if we...

I was a new kindergarten teacher on a field trip with my class. We had just stepped off the bus when one of my students got sick and came running to me covered in vomit. My reaction was swift. I shrieked and ran away from him, causing the rest of the class to do the same. Luckily, a parent sprung into action and came to the poor kid’s rescue as I gagged behind the bus.   So maybe I’m a bit of a germ-o-phobe. But I bet even...

When I told my husband it was over, it wasn’t about the luggage. Maybe Ferguson is less about an 18-year old that most protesters have never met, and more about…

Rebekah never won any “Mother of the Year” award by giving her son lessons in lying, but what am I modeling, passing on? …

My friend Mindy, who is Jewish, and I have enjoyed meals, cried, and mourned with each other. Why? Because…

Recently, I read an article by Harvard Health Publications that said severe stress causes people to increase their intake of high sugary and fatty foods. No disrespect to Harvard, but I could have told them this without the Ivy League degree. I feel this scientific fact anytime I have dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and find myself stuffed before the dessert menu is even out. Not that there is anything wrong with enjoying a hearty meal and/or...

When I was dating my husband, he critiqued me on something (I don’t even remember what) and I remember telling him, “I know why you are dating me. You just wanted a challenge. You just want to change me.”

Donald Sterling admitted it was his voice in the recording stating that his girlfriend should not bring black people to the Clippers games.

I realized that loneliness is a state of being, not a station in life.