My formative years were spent watching Christianity swing like a pendulum. Having been born into an old-time Pentecostal home, I understood hell, fire and brimstone. I knew that women wore dresses and skirts to church, and that many believed make-up and jewelry made you the kissing cousin to Jezebel. Although my own father never preached…
The older I get the less I know. It’s really odd, because when I was in my 20s I was so profoundly wise. Or so I thought. Now that I’ve crested “the hill”, I realize how little I actually know. With age comes wisdom -for most, anyway. Part of that wisdom is realizing what a…
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy…
I love Darlene’s writing. I started following Time Warp Wife early on in my blogging days. So joining her launch team for Messy Beautiful Love was a no-brainer. What I didn’t anticipate was how much this book would speak to me and my own marriage in such a real and practical way. We are…
She was not an average girl, she was an orphan. It seemed that loss defined her. Loss of parents – loss of homeland. She was a foreigner and her people were not very well accepted. She may not have been average, but there was nothing significant about her at all. Just a girl who with…
What does worship mean to you? Singing? Kneeling in prayer? Raising your hands? Church? But is this really worship? Or is there more to worship than our worship band leading us in a handful of our favorite songs while we enjoy moments of joy followed by deep contemplation? After all – if that is all…
