Feb 10, 2026 | Teasing Out the Truth
Help! I’m Drowning!
I know I’ve been spending too much time in the media (social and otherwise) when I’m starting to feel overwhelmed by all that’s wrong in the world. Political turmoil, immigration crisis, another church scandal. Failing education system, failing trust in absolutely anything. Genocide in one country, famine in another. Help, I’m drowning in bad news!
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Jan 16, 2026 | Teasing Out the Truth
Who Owns Your Focus
I’m learning something important right now, and I’d love to share it with you… There’s plenty of pain, devastation, and misery to see around us. And I’m not recommending sticking our heads in the sand. But if you allow the negative to become your focus, your consuming thought, well… it will happily CONSUME you!
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Nov 11, 2024 | Teasing Out the Truth
Remember
When you sin –when you find yourself screwing up AGAIN — doesn’t it feel like the problem is, well… that specific sin? If you gossiped about a friend, you gotta tame that tongue. If you wasted an afternoon in self-pity, you need to make a better choice to take those thoughts captive next time. If you flew off the handle at your kids you need to work on that self-control. Sin is a sin problem. Duh, right?
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Apr 19, 2024 | Teasing Out the Truth
Under Cover
This is a sensitive topic for me, but here goes. I have wrestled with my weight most of my adult life. I’m not saying I’ve been a candidate for a reality tv show or in need of bariatric surgery. But the struggle is real.
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Apr 8, 2024 | Teasing Out the Truth
“I’m Sorry”
How often I speak these words! And even when I am not saying them aloud, I am saying them on the inside. Is this a woman-thing or a me-thing?
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Feb 8, 2024 | Teasing Out the Truth
The Mountain
As I trek through this life with You, Jesus, it feels like we are climbing a steep mountain. We progress up the side, handhold after handhold, scaling the face of this seemingly endless cliff. My strength is nearly gone and the sun is fading. But we find a cleft in the rock and gratefully ease ourselves into it for the night.
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