I recently celebrated my birthday or as some would say “another turn around the sun.” Several years ago I began the practice of coming up with ten things I had come to value or appreciate in the previous year. I call it taking stock. I have lived long enough (sixty-six years) that I have the joy of … Read More
Simply, Love
“’Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength…Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31, NIV “Love” is a word we hear and speak often. “I love your hair; I love my dog; you … Read More
Best Encourager!
It was six years ago today that Sweet Monday founder, Kim Newlen, went to be with the Lord. Kim was an encouragement to everyone she touched. However, I'm sure if you ever told her that she would not have taken credit, but instead she would have pointed you to the "Best Encourager". Below is a … Read More
Remembering Kim
“But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.” Philippians 3:20-21, NIV So many things make … Read More
25 Days of Prayer in February
Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. Matthew 18:19 Do you have a heart for prayer? Do you want to cultivate a more intentional prayer life?Do you long to share the love of Christ with your friends … Read More
Coveting a Christ-Centered Life
“I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” John 10:10 NKJV As my dear friend Kim, who suffered from a recurrence of an aggressive form of cancer and faced her final days in her earthly home, I said to nearly everyone I encountered: “Kim covets … Read More