What does the message of the Cross mean to you? Is that a loaded question? I don’t mean for it to be. This morning I asked my children about the significance of Good Friday? What’s Good Friday all about? And you know what? They didn’t know. What?!! I was shocked, concerned, disappointed. Had I failed? […]
How to Remember the Cross and Live as if it Matters
With symbols of the cross everywhere you turn you would think it would be easy to remember the cross and its power in your life. It turns out though, that the message of the cross is more than just a symbol. Just like there’s more to Easter than the Easter bunny. For the cross to […]
When the Blessing for Obedience is Pain
This past week was rough. I’m not sure if you use that expression too, but in the islands it’s our way of saying that it was a difficult, challenging, maybe even painful week. My week was all of that and then some. Remember that bold thing I was called to do by God? Well, I […]
How to Stop Running Away (trust me, I know)
My steps quickened as I left the apartment. I tried to walk as fast as I could hoping that no one would see the tears. They were falling faster now. Soon I was sobbing uncontrollably. But on the busy streets of New York, it didn’t matter too much. I had come face to face with […]