Devotionals

Recently I took the red-eye from San Francisco, California to Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.  As we neared the end of the flight early on Sunday morning, people starting waking up and opening the window shades.  I took off my sleep mask and realized that the sun was about to rise over the horizon.  I love sunset and sunrise photos.  Every time… Read More

Every movie, play, or television show has a theme song.  The theme song is supposed to be memorable and give you some indication of what the movie or show was about.  I attended a women’s leadership event a few years back, and the lovely Jesica Averhart shared that every time she enters the room, she has a theme song playing… Read More

I love the look of high-heeled shoes.  I just don’t like the way my feet feel after wearing them for any amount of time.  If it were up to me, I’d wear flip flops all year long. But even wearing them for a while can become irritating.  What’s a girl to do? Comfort is something we all need and desire… Read More

Somedays the struggle is real.  I mean really real.  You hit the snooze button one time too many, so now you have to rush to get ready.  You realize you forgot to preset the coffee maker the night before, so no hot coffee.  You knew you should have stopped for gas the day before, and now you have no choice… Read More

It seems that everyone has an opinion about what leadership is and isn’t.  I don’t know about you, but I am so over those graphics that try to differentiate the characteristics of leaders and managers.  Invariably, management is seen as the lesser of the two.  According to the graphic, at least, managers are focused on the things, while leadership is focused on the… Read More

I’ll admit it, I like things orderly and structured.  I’m that person who pre-plans.  I have to-do lists, calendars, multi-colored notepad and pens to enable my ultra-structured life.  Yet one day my tried and true systems didn’t feel so comfortable anymore. You know that same feeling when you look at your favorite jeans and wonder why you ever bought them… Read More

A sister in my church has recently endured the loss of her only sister and her mother in the past six months.  They were all very close.  This morning I woke with a heaviness on my heart wondering why one family would be given such a dose of loss in such a short period.  Then an old Walter Hawkins’ song… Read More

Everyone was going to be punished because Adam sinned. But because of the good thing that Christ has done, God accepts us and gives us the gift of life.  -Romans 5:18 Have you ever been so deep into a mess that you thought there is no recovery from this?  I got myself into this mess, and there’s no way out?  Sometimes… Read More

I attended a work related function where the theme was “Better and Faster”.  The presenter was hype; I mean the kind of presentation where he was jumping on and off the stage, working the crowd, and punching through a series of glitzy visual aids.  As entertaining as it was, I will admit that after awhile I was thinking “Whoa dude…slow… Read More

I can’t say that I’m a fan of boxing.  But I’m always fascinated by the will of the human spirit and what conditions have to occur before someone agrees to “tap out”.  As I understand it, a boxer can tap on the map to signal that he or she wants to give up the fight.  My devotional reading this week… Read More