Help! Well.....it's the day after Christmas! Gifts were unwrapped, smiles all around, fake reactions to unwanted conversations, kids opening 5,000 piece lego sets, rising blood pressure rears its head over running kids and gift wrapping paper being thrown in 352 directions. Twelve coversations going on at one time and none of them discernable. Now it's [...]
Many of us grew up with the impression that tears were a result of some emotional weakness, instability, or immaturity. You've probably heard, "You're nothing but a crybaby!" or "Big boys don't cry" or "You're just so emotional." These statements are not accurate and are generally said by those who are disguising and covering [...]
Quality time communicates value Sometimes when I talk about quality time in terms of relationships, people think I'm only talking about dating and marriage. I'm not. Quality time is not just for dating or married couples. It should be part of any relationship you want to develop. The main reason quality time is [...]
It means you value your time Busy, busy, busy! We are all so busy. But you find time to do what you think is important. This means you value your time. How much time do you spend doing things you love to do? I imagine the answer to that question is....lots! But, how much [...]
Don’t you understand that I have anxiety?!? You have to stop making things worse for me! I’m nervous…I’m shaking inside…my skin is crawling…my world as I know it is over…my life is going to end. No one understands me and everyone thinks I’m simply crazy. I’ll never pass this test. I only make mistakes. [...]
When tragedy invades your community remember to pray for those who hurt Yesterday is now etched in history as a day unexpected and tragic for the residents of Florence, S.C. Seven police officers were shot, including one who died. Officer Terrence Carraway was killed in the line of duty and 5 other members of [...]
It is interesting how times of crisis bring people together who pass by each other in cars and only speak with a raised hand as they pass each other on the way to work. We are so busy with jobs, families, church, soccer, baseball, and other activities that it takes a time of crisis [...]
Crisis happens and people are always balancing times of crisis and times of normalcy. Where do people go when they’re in crisis? Oftentimes to the corner of a room, lie down in a fetal position, and beg God to let them die. Seriously. “God...let me go to sleep and never wake up!” Times of [...]
Regret is when you wake up the day after Thanksgiving and realize that you don’t own a pair of those pants your grandfather used to wear. You know...the ones that tend to stretch when you attempt to fasten them and begin to struggle as the button gets closer to the buttonhole. And you wonder [...]
Around 11:30 am on Sunday morning, November 5th, the unimaginable happened in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Evil entered a church and began indiscriminately shooting people. All seemed normal. All were safe. Those who were in the church that morning woke up like we did, got dressed like we did, ate breakfast like we did, got [...]