Karl Marx is quoted, “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.” This 19th century German philosopher and revolutionary thought religion to be a tool of the government to keep its people under control.
I am not [...]

Publicly we acknowledge mothers as being special today. Flowers, candies, dinners, gift cards and the various assortments meant to display our affection for these special chicks. I try to convey my love more than once a year and although I have lofty goals, let’s face it, I miss a lot, but now and again I [...]

Many years ago I was quite taken by writing from Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Confessions Part 1 (1712-1778)…..
“I am not made like any of those I have seen; I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.”
Funny how a [...]

My husband was kind enough to write a name upon the palm of my right hand tonight. We went to go raise our hands in celebration of the one heavenly Father who is good and strengthens us in our time of weakness. I wanted to remember the importance of lifting a brother up during a [...]

“No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.”   C.S. Lewis

My alarm rang too early for my body to want to respond, but my mind was already speaking out to the Lord, His good and mighty word! I’d like to say I finished my prayer but truth be told, I slipped back into an unconscious state rather quickly. This action repeated itself about three times [...]

They were a couple standing at the on-ramp of the freeway with their thumbs out. They didn’t look strung out, just desperate for help. I was alone but something touched me about their situation so I did the unthinkable in this day and age……I pulled over.
Their story was common; he had a car but it [...]

From all the horror movies available at any video store you can gather people like to be scared. I can’t relate myself since I suffered from nightmares well into my adult years. Over the past several years my nightmares are few and far between and I am grateful to my heavenly Father for giving me [...]

My older brother died many years ago when he caught a ride home with an acquaintance at a party who was drunk. This driver missed a turn. I was all of seventeen at the time and the scars I carry from that reality are permanently burned upon my heart. I am aware of how precious [...]

As full as my life can be I also have times of inexpressible sorrows. Nothing outwardly is wrong but inside there is just a crushing going on. My logical mind can’t wrap itself around what may be happening and as I try to diagnose my heart’s emotional frailty I start guessing at what I need [...]