Is it ok to wear pajamas to “church?”

(Permission has been granted to use the following story). A friend of mine shared on her Facebook page a self-described rant about how her daughter was treated following a church worship service. Her “apparel” was judged to be inappropriate and so someone...

Meditation: Daring Ourselves

When is the last time you took a dare? A dare is when we have the courage to do something . . . something typically outside our comfort zones. Doing new things – well, that’s scary. For anyone, typically. That’s why organizations like churches which...

Intimate Relationships are AMAZING things!

Learning to see from the eyes of the ones whom we love. Ask: “How would they feel if I said/did this?” It puts things in a completely different perspective. It pushes us to forgo seeing only our personal “way” of seeing. It pushes us into...

Friends Devotion #3

Fickle comes from an Old English word ficol, which means deceitful. In each of our lives we have the opportunity to have friends that are constants or fickle. What are some constants that exist in your life? A “constant” is something that is regularly...

Friends Devotion #2

When my son went to college he was determined to make new friends. Having been taught that you have to “be a friend to have one,” he was determined that within the first week he was going to have made new long-term friends. Probably two weeks into moving into his dorm...

Friends Devotion #1

Friendship. It’s truly one of the most beautiful things we can participate in as human beings. This week we are going to explore how we can be “superheroes” in our friendships. When we claim the power we have to both give and receive friendship, our...