by carrie | Sep 18, 2018 | Military Wives, Pain and Trauma, Shadow of Death
The Good Samaritan is a familiar story to most Christians. A man gets beaten up by robbers. Two religious people don’t take the time to stop, but one kind neighbor goes out of his way to offer both relief and care. Isn’t that the way it’s always...
by carrie | Sep 11, 2018 | Holidays, Home Front Heroines
On Monday, December 8, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt spoke to a Joint Session of the US Congress. Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the...
by carrie | Aug 28, 2018 | Devotional, God's in Charge, Growing Christlike
What is success? If you’ve read me for very long, you can probably guess I’m not looking for the easy answer. Lots of things spring to my mind when I think of success, but all of them leave me unsettled. Even the more biblical answers. What got me...
by carrie | Aug 21, 2018 | God's in Charge, Sacred Trust Series
Several months ago, Vice President Mike Pence, never quiet about his faith, openly said that Jesus speaks to him. And some non-Christians in the media went ballistic. I’m grateful for his words. It’s both comforting to me and an answer to my prayers that...
by carrie | Aug 14, 2018 | God's in Charge, Pain and Trauma, Shadow of Death, Uncategorized
The twenty-third Psalm is familiar to many Americans. Even those who don’t regularly attend church tend to run across it in a variety of situations. I’ve grown up with it. As both the granddaughter and daughter of pastors, the Bible was a regular part of my life....
by carrie | Jul 31, 2018 | God's in Charge, Growing Christlike
Most of my life, I’ve heard people say that respect is earned. Would you agree? What if I said love is earned? I can hear some of you declaring, “But, Carrie! They’re different. And God tells us to love everyone.” Uh huh. But, since you brought...
