I do not like it when I get into an inner storm caused by fear. It's easy to hide an inner storm, but long ago I made a commitment …
Knowing Your Heart
Jesus wants us to live from our hearts--that part of us where we connect with Him and hear Him. The opposite of living from our …
Joy-Filled Relationships
All of us long for loving connections, belonging and unconditional acceptance. God designed us that way. We look for people and …
Musings About "Holey Ships"
A few weeks ago I was talking to my niece, Stacey Tafao, and she mentioned that she had heard a speaker say there are differences …
A Friend’s Immanuel Process Testimony–Part 2
This is Part 2 of Debbie Sellmann's testimony about how she is learning to go to Jesus when she is upset. Part 1, if you missed it …
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A Friend’s Immanuel Process Testimony–Part I
My friend, Debbie Sellmann, has been learning the Immanuel Process that I wrote about in Walking With Immanuel. I loved what …
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A Delicate Balance: Unconditional Love and Good Shame Messages
Last week I was talking with my dear friend, Debbie, and she asked me to write about unconditional love and good shame messages. …
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Musings with Jesus On Credibility
A while back I wanted to explain something to someone important to me and they refused to listen. I honored their refusal, though …
Greg’s Story–Sequel to "Learning Authentic Love"
As I promised, here are Greg's own words about his short adventure with incarceration. Written in 2006 for my parenting book, …
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Learning Authentic/Unconditional Love
I love Jesus. I love to read. Also, I love chocolate. And I love my family and friends. Jesus, my family and my friends love me. …
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Faith: When the Invisible Becomes Visible-Part Two
In Part One, we looked at how uncertain life can be when we have feelings that go all over the place and we don’t have a solid …
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Faith: When the Invisible Becomes Visible – Part One
In our world, we catch our breaths at a glimpse of something beautiful one second and the next moment we find our hearts racing …
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