The Price of Freedom

Did you enjoy Memorial Weekend? For many years, I spent that holiday going water skiing or to the beach. When at home, we’d BBQ or if nothing was happening, I’d work in my yard with little thought about the price of freedom. This year was different. At...
Why Your Worldview Matters

Why Your Worldview Matters

Do you wear glasses? Today, they’re a fun fashion statement, but not so much when I was a fourth grader. After my teacher told my mom I couldn’t see the chalkboard, she had my vision checked. Without glasses, I was near-sighted. So as much as I hated...
Love, Money, Power–I Want It All!

Love, Money, Power–I Want It All!

In your pursuit of pleasure, do you ever wonder “what’s my purpose in life?” “Is this all there is?” “Or maybe, even, why should I go on?” Those are some of life’s BIG questions, and you are not alone in asking them. The...
Escape to Another World

Escape to Another World

Did you like to read as a child? Remember that feeling of getting lost in a story? That thrill of discovering a whole new realm, you didn’t know existed? Unwrapping a Nancy Drew mystery at our extended family gathering on Christmas Eve ensured that I’d sit...
Finding Intimacy in Today’s World

Finding Intimacy in Today’s World

Walking into the aerobics’ room, I watched as Rebekah threw her gym bag against the wall. Getting closer, I could see her eyes brimmed with tears. “What’s wrong?” I asked before setting down the risers for my step. “My boyfriend wants me...
A Cure for Narcissism

A Cure for Narcissism

“It’s not about you.” The first line of Rick Warren’s best-selling book, The Purpose-Driven Life, bothered me so much I put it down and never picked it up again. Although that book impacted the multitudes who read it, my thought seeing the first sentence was: well, it...

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