Independence Day is a fun, colorful, noisy, patriotic time of the year. Family and friends use it as a good excuse to gather while cooking out, making ice cream, swapping stories, and connecting with others. Our family had a special tradition...
I work with my hands. In essence, my hands are the same as yours. We each have a palm, fingers, and thumb. Even though we all share similar-looking hands, we have unique attributes in the form of our fingerprints and the creases in our palms...
There was a song by a country artist named Jim Stafford that came out about 1974 that was named “Spiders and Snakes”. Although the lyrics to this song have no bearing on this story, the name was certainly appropriate. These types of critters were...
The definition of humility is a modest or low view or your importance, freedom from pride or arrogance. Our #1 core behavior for staff at Asbury is Confident Humility—I will seek an accurate view of my strengths and weaknesses. The scripture that...
My morning would start with a serenade of birds singing, a rooster crowing, dogs barking and, in the summertime, the hum of the box fan sitting in the door of my bedroom. Since we had no air conditioner and I had the bedroom at the end of the...
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:10 NLT) “Define yourself through the hands and eyes of a true artist.”
I grew up in a peaceful and serene rural environment where the silence was pierced only by the sounds of nature, country & western music and an occasional sonic boom when a jet broke the sound barrier. Well, there was one more thing…..the...
Sometimes the simplest thing you can do is to REST. To Sleep. To Stop. To read a little. To listen. Sometimes, we get so hurried by the stuff of life we simply forget that we are human. And humans need to rest to function.
Have you ever been speaking, listening, or thinking about something and BOOM….you forgot what you were talking about, thinking about or what that person across from you just said? The popular word to describe that is simply “Squirrel!” I would...
Spring in Oklahoma is known for one thing. STORMS! I love the science behind severe weather. Storm chasing is on my bucket list of things I would like to do someday. When there is a tornado warning issued, I go outside and lookup. I will watch...
