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Sunday Sangin’: Kirk Franklin, “Help Me Believe”

Sunday Sangin’: Kirk Franklin, “Help Me Believe”

                    If there’s one song that sums up how 2010 ended and how 2011 has been, it would be this song. My faith wavers from time and time and I feel like I’m floating and there’s no one to catch me. But God has been there [...]

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Accepting (And Loving) The Chaos

Accepting (And Loving) The Chaos

My kitchen is always dirty. Always. No matter if I clean as I go while I’m cooking dinner, or if I put the dishes in the dishwasher before I go to bed, or if I clear off the counter before I start cooking. It just stays a mess. And I’ve given up, really, trying to [...]

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Take Care Of Yourself First

Take Care Of Yourself First

This week I’m dealing with some pretty heavy stuff in my offline world. I won’t go into specifics, but I will say that everyone is fine and with a bunch of prayer and a little bit of time, everyone will be as good as new. What I want to talk about today is depression and [...]

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A YML Reader Asks: How Do You Juggle Everything On Your Plate?

A YML Reader Asks: How Do You Juggle Everything On Your Plate?

A reader sent me an email a couple days ago, asking me basically, how in the hell I manage to do everything I talk about: writing books, going to school, blogging, being a mommy and wife, working from home with two kids (and no babysitter….really, I can’t stress it enough. Someone please come help me.). [...]

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DETOUR

Determination

I was listening to the radio and this comedian was getting serious about some of the failures and successes of his career. He talked about how Hollywood tried to shut him out and compared it to being attacked by a dog:

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