I’m headed to prison this morning. Don’t worry. I think they’ll let me out by lunch time. Today is the opening ceremony for the newest (and 2nd) class of prisoners to start their seminary degree in Christian ministry with New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.…
Well, would you? I posed this question to my Facebook friends last week. I asked: “If your neighbor rang the doorbell in a panic and told you their child was in danger of dying – the ambulance was going to take them to the…
“Lord, please strike him with a holy bolt of lightening,” I prayed. “No real damage. Just enough to scorch him a little.” Okay, so I don’t normally pray for my husband’s ruin, but let me explain what happened… Join me today at 5 Minutes…
I could hear her pouting from across the room. “Hrmph!” My seven-year-old crossed her arms and made mad sighing noises. “But you usually let me get in the tub with Grace,” she whined. I knelt, scrubbing my 22-month-old, listening to my daughter, Faith, list…
I couldn’t make any more excuses. For years I had used the old money-is-just-too-tight-we-barely-have-enough-for-ourselves card. And that was true. Money was tight, and there were many months where we barely had enough to cover the bills, but we ate out every Friday night. And…

