Dear Santa, My Wish for 2015 is…
Dear Santa – I’ll admit. I am not always the best version of me. There are moments from the last year that I will honestly tell you I am ashamed of the way I behaved. I allowed my humanness to take over and let emotions control the words that came out of my...
Poem: That Rock by Chad Gramling
One of my favorite verses of any book in the Bible is Isaiah 44:8 which reminds us that our one true source of stability and solid ground is our God the Father. He is the one stronghold to which we all cling. In 2007, I did a blog that I called “No Other...
The Power of a Personal Anthem
affirmation: 1. the act of affirming or the state of being affirmed; 2. a statement of the existence or truth of something; assertion Turning back the clock just a bit here. The year was 2010. I was in the midst of one of my hopeless seasons. I’m serious. I was...
My Struggle Maintaining Hope
It’s confession time, but I hope it helps you, so it’s worth it. I sometimes – maybe often – struggle to maintain hope throughout daily life. Struggles mount as mistakes are happening, ideas are getting shot down, money grows tighter, and personal time gets in high...