Growing in Grace

God is challenging Mark and I to lead a more disciplined life. A structured life in order to accomplish more, stay focused on His Kingdo...

Have you ever heard 'you get what you pay for?' It's very true often times. I'm a bit of a bargain shopper and when I buy c...

This was from last March ----- Three weeks ago I went on a retreat-type trip called HeartQuest.  It was here that I was unplugged and ha...

 Never underestimate the power of listening. I've not been known in my life as a good listener.  No one has actually come out and...

 I was reading through 1 Corinthians the other day and the middle of chapter 13 stood out. "[love] bears all things, believes all...

(all images from Google) The other day I was asked by a friend What is hope? I thought about it for a while and this is t...

If you would've asked me a year ago, probably even 6 months ago, if we were rich I would've laughed in your face! {not a mea...

---originally published in 2011--- I've decided to write down some lessons learned this year. Hard but oh-so-good lessons. I'll...

---Originally posted 2011---   There is a fine line between passion and judgement. Sadly many of us, myself very much included, cross it....

----originally published in 2001----   Recently I heard a "sermonette", if you will, on Noise. It kind of blew me away...in a g...

----originally published in 2011---- I get asked that question often. Not everyday but a couple times a year I think. That's often...

I was listening to the radio the other day and they mentioned that the perfect time to declutter our homes is when we move from one house ...

----originally published May 2011---- Several weeks ago I was having a conversation with a good friend of mine who said that she was bein...

Originally published April 2011 ------------------------------ Makes sense doesn't it? Well it's starting to make more and more s...

(originally published in 2011) I was praying the other day for several people I know who are really going through tough times. They...

(originally published in 2011) I recently read an article that said that even religious people aren't going to church on Christmas o...

(Originally published in 2011) Perfection .  Is that a realistic notion?   Can we really expect perfection from anyone?  Anything?  D...

(originally published in 2011) I've been pondering what it means to have a thankful heart and how it can change the way my children,...

(originally published in 2011) I was driving into church last Sunday humming a worship song, listening to my kids in the backseat, and...

(Originally published in 2010) A short while back I had a conversation with someone I love very much. They asked me a question about my...