The Freedom of Forgiveness

Have you noticed how the things God asks of us, the hard things, the humbling things, the character-building things, are always, always for our own good? I am in a season where God is teaching me a whole lot about forgiveness. It started when I came across this quote:...

Love, Marriage and the Sex Trade

Love, Marriage and the Sex Trade I remember the feeling. That room-spinning, heart-breaking feeling when I walked into my husband’s home office and found it… three open windows of video porn. My heart sank as I realized that after just two short weeks of marriage, I...

Freedom in Forgiveness

We live in a society that actually has an epidemic of unforgiveness.  Think about it.  There are so many people walking around upset with someone or something.  People are walking around upset with a sports team, upset with a child, or upset with the political state...

Why Are The Bad Boys So Attractive?

Girls, girls, girls! Remember that song” Bad Boys…bad boys…watcha gonna do? Watcha gonna do when they come for you?” No it’s not sexy. It’s the theme from the show COPS! Does that tell us something? Bad boys usually stay bad. It’s not up to us to save them. Where in...

But We Have Nothing in Common!

A couple of months ago, just before leaving Nigeria, I had dinner with friends from church. It was a diverse group: a pastor and his wife, a doctor, a graphic designer, and 4 teachers. Some were from England, Canada, Zimbabwe, Malaysia, and America. There were some...

Is that Your Final Answer?

 Decisions: “Is that your final answer?” By: Lois Breit On the TV game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” you hear this line repeated throughout the program.  Why? Because once a contestant had made their decision on the answer they were ‘sticking with’,...