Awake My Soul

12/13/2025

12/09/2025

Have yourself a Mary little Christmas!

12/08/2025

12/08/2025

Craft show fun!

12/07/2025

It's been awhile, but I'm back!

11/20/2025

It's been quite a while since I had the time, energy, or motivation for my art. But I'm excited about the upcoming Christmas Craft Fair at Perry Park Center. I am making some new things and bringing back some old favorites! I sketched this one out about 5 years ago and it is finally coming to life!

11/15/2025

Looking forward to seeing you at the Perry Park Center Christmas Craft Fair!

10/07/2025

Reading Daniel this week, and this is such a powerful statement from Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego!

So what are the false gods and images of gold Christians need to refuse to worship today?

07/07/2025

The idols of the nation's are silver and gold,
made by human hands.
They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see.
They have ears, but cannot hear,
nor is there breath in their mouths. Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. - Psalm 135:15-18

06/25/2025

From the Life Application Study Bible

06/11/2025

Training children is not a once-and-done thing. It’s not achieved with a chore chart. It’s not consequences for bad behavior. It’s not a list of rules. It’s not lofty expectations.

It’s all of these things combined, repeatedly. Yearly, daily, hourly training. It’s teaching and training, talking and modeling, reviewing and reminding.

Training is a long-term assignment. Just as with a fruit tree, the fruit is something you wait patiently for, but if you plant, fertilize, water, and prune consistently, the fruit will come. It will be worth the work and the wait.

Children are the same. We have to invest our time, lots of time, and wait on the Lord. We teach, train, talk, love, and do it all over again. Some kids soak it up and show fruit early, while others require more training over time. (Ask me how I know?!)

Don’t get discouraged when you say the same thing everyday for what seems like eternity. And don’t expect to “Have a New Kid by Friday,” as one book promises.

Teach and train with love and patience. It will be worth it.