Can We Skip to the Good Part?
YES. Yes We Can.
I read a quote a few weeks ago by E.Stanley Jones that said, "If you don't surrender to God, don't think you don't surrender. Everybody surrenders to something." It's true that we always surrender. And unless it's to the Lord, it's never to anything good. There are so...
Redemption Isn’t by Accident
My friend Judi and I were having a deep conversation one day about redemption and the importance of partnering with God to allow Him to redeem even the most painful circumstances in our lives. Judi said something I had never thought of before, and it immediately...
Marginless Living:
When a Surprise Makes You Throw Up
My husband Larry bounded into my office at work, carrying my suitcase. "You're all packed!" he said with a smile. "Grab your purse and let's go!" "Where are we going?" I asked, bewildered that he was at my workplace in the middle of the day. "I'm taking you away on a...
I Don’t Care How Gifted You Are.
How Do You Love?
I know a church where a family that are members of the church treat people in an unloving way. They cause drama on a day to day basis as well as problems in situations like church business meetings. They are the biggest gossips in the church. Down through the years,...
Have Your Gifts Become an Idol?
It was a sad day in my pastoral journey years ago when I had to ask a musician on a worship team I led to step off of the church worship team for a season due to a moral failure. He became angry and responded with, “This is my way of worshipping God. How am I...
“Thank you for saying something…”
This one phrase can change your life!
I am thankful to have massages on a regular basis which help tremendously with physical as well as mental health. My massage therapist, Malik,is extremely skilled, and although he is well aware that I like light pressure, there are rare occasions when he presses too...
Invite deanna to speak at your event!
Deanna is invited to return and speak at many of the same places time and again because the result has been an overwhelmingly positive experience with lives changed, and people encouraged. She would love to come to your area.
