Today is a very important day: it is my dad’s 91st birthday! He is an amazing man in many ways, and I tell him frequently that he has warped my perspective of what old is. He does not look or act his age. He still runs up the stairs in their house, so when people […]

Speaking of father hunger, that is the topic of this year’s ministerial conference in Houston. Look on my husband’s blog for details. Valerie has kindly put up the direct link in her comment.

How do you forgive the people who have never sought your forgiveness? And what do you do when you have sought to restore fellowship and the other person just won’t respond?These are two tricky situations and here are just a few thoughts. Every situation is different, so of course there is no “three steps to […]

Focus on the Family has a little magazine they publish, and the May edition has a very good article called, “Emotional Affairs, When friendship crosses the line.” I have to say it is right on. Dr. Debby L. Cherry lists ten warning signs that your friendship may have crossed the line.  Here are a few: […]

Here’s a little recap from our evening study for moms tonight.
God gives moms a huge amount of natural love for their children. Even unbelieving moms love their children sacrificially. But that is not enough. That creaturely love is wonderful, but it runs out eventually.  It gets used up, so moms find they can’t overlook an […]

I thought I would take a look at what Thomas Watson says about “forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors” in his book The Lord’s Prayer. But I’m afraid I didn’t get very far, so you’ll have to bear with me because you just have to read this. He has made the observation […]