A few years ago my intern and I went out to lunch for a quick bite to eat. While we were sitting there eating and talking I noticed a man at another table who kept starring at me. After a while of this man eyeing me down he finally came up to our table and […]
It is funny how we marvel at nature and the galaxy, yet miss the greatest creation of all, ourselves! We tend to think that we are nothing among this great universe, yet we are the prize creation of God. It is ironic that we wrestle with thinking that we are of little value, when we […]
The other day I came across this funny thought titled… “In My Next Life” In this life I’m a woman. In my next life, I’d like to come back as a bear. When you’re a bear, you get to hibernate. You do nothing but sleep for six months. I could deal with that. Before you hibernate, […]
We learn and grow by asking questions. One skill everyone needs to learn is how to ask questions and listen to other’s wisdom. Socrates taught that the quality of the questions we ask will determine the quality of the life we live. When we seek to understand, we will be understood. I am amazed at […]
You may have heard it said that we worship before an audience of One. Though there is truth in that statement, I can’t help but think that our worship is not simply limited to an audience of One. We worship an audience of One, but we worship before the audience of the world. The world […]
There is a lot of money and study put into the research of the human heart. We have made some amazing discoveries with technology revealing the functions of the physical heart. But the most powerful and revealing study that we could ever do would be the study on the condition of our spiritual heart. The […]
Since it is already Christmas time for the Barrett household we started a new tradition. We are going to do a Christmas puzzle each year. So for the first time ever, my family has been working on our very first one and we have already finished it a little earlier than anticipated. I thought we would […]
On my way to the grocer store the other night I experienced my first Duck crossing in the middle of the road. As I was driving past an intersection a family of ducks were crossing the road and traffic become backed up. The Ducks just took their sweet time and payed no regard to us […]
A few days ago I was explaining what it means to be grounded to our youngest daughter who is six. As I was explaining this concept of taking things away from her such as electronics, TV, games, etc… she looked puzzled. After I gave her examples of things that kids get taken away when they […]
Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as the comforter. Why would we need a comforter if our lives were already comfortable? God has called us to risk and step out for Him and sometimes that is not comfortable. In fact, it will stretch us way beyond what we are comfortable with. When you are in over […]