Too many of us have one foot in the past and one foot in the future – so much so, that we forget to live in the dash!!! The dash is the line between our birthdate and our death date that we will all have on our tombstone one day.  (Hopefully, later rather than...

There are some moments in life where we just have to pull up our big girl panties (or big boy boxers) and move forward. Even when there is no plan in sight, sitting still is just not an option.  We will never get anything accomplished if we do that!!! Yes, of course,...

It feels like forever since I wrote a GEM!!!  Sure feels good to be back in the writer’s seat doing what I love to do!! I must be honest.  I stopped writing GEM for what I now see as a really STUPID reason. Man, I hate it when that happens!!! The fact is that I let...

Do you feel that you are enough?  The better question is are you enough where you are right at this moment with no changes or take backs? Long sigh…. The problem is that we live in a society that says we never have enough in our lives.  It also lies to us and tells us...

I was recently talking to one of my friends about the problem our world has with entitlement these days…it seems that everywhere you look you have someone screaming for their fair share or for something for nothing!!!  Geez! Unfortunately, it made me sad to think that...

“The church without Jesus in the midst of it is just a social club. Worship without the living Christ in it is just another form of cheap entertainment. Bible study without the living Christ in it is just a book club. Outreach without Christ is just social work....

Normally, I’m a big proponent for “faking it until you make it.”  However, I’m learning that sometimes you just shouldn’t fake your feelings of hopelessness and loneliness (or any other feelings for that matter) because they need to be let out and cared for so that...

Sometimes the encourager needs a little encouragement and the caretaker needs to be taken care of.  Sigh. For those of us who know these roles so well, asking for help is not easy. The reason why is because we are used to relying on an endless wealth of joy and...

I can’t seem to get the movie War Room out of my mind lately.  Not that I want to, but the power of prayer keeps popping into my head and moves me to talk to God a lot more often these days. That’s always a good thing! I think the War Room just reminds me how powerful...

If you haven’t seen the movie, War Room, you really should because it demonstrates the power of our prayers. The movie has tons of great parts, but the jist of it is that this one lady has made a closet in her home her prayer room and spends time daily in there...