Dear Friends, One of my favorite Bible verses is Romans 8:28. If you're not familiar with that passage, here's what it says: “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them.” The reason I love this verse so much is because of the hope it gives to those of us who call ourselves children of God. And because it’s such a hope-filled verse, it's one I regularly use when I'm talking with fe

Dear Friends, If you were to spend 10 minutes watching TV with me, you would quickly realize that I am a habitual channel surfer. It’s very hard for me to stay on one channel because I'm always thinking there might be something better on somewhere else that I don't want to miss. So I “surf”. That’s why I recently found myself watching a few minutes of, “The Great Mysteries Of Geology” on The Learning Channel. The program caught my attention because it was talking about how di

Dear Friends, Do you think people would describe you as someone who is usually positive or negative about life? I’ve been pondering that question the past few days since we were at a wedding where I heard someone describe their uncle as being “always positive - no matter what’s going on in life”. I thought it was a nice way to be described, and it got me wondering if folks would say the same thing about me. Unfortunately, the more I thought about it, the more certain I became