Hello Reader, If you are new here, welcome! I am so glad you have joined us. Each month I share an inspirational teaching to encourage your walk with the Lord, and often through a story from my own life. Finding the Right Connection This month’s story begins in the front seat of my husband’s truck. His truck has a wireless charging pad built into the console. You simply lay your phone on the console, and it charges. At least, that is how it is supposed to work. I set my phone down, and it...
about 17 hours ago • 5 min read
Dear Reader, If you are new here, welcome! Whether you found me through my books, website, social media, or a recommendation from another writer, I am so glad you have joined us. And if you have walked with me for a while, thank you for being here on this Christian journey with me. I trust God will meet you in these words! The moment a new baby arrives, the whole family gathers in close to study that new tiny face. Aunt Margie sees mama's eyes. Grandma Clara sees daddy's nose. Oh, and whose...
22 days ago • 3 min read
Hello Reader, Have you ever had God answer you and not realized it was Him? When God Speaks, Do We Recognize It? Samuel was a young boy the first time he heard God speak. He heard the voice clearly enough to respond. But he ran to the wrong person. Three times God spoke, and three times Samuel went to Eli, certain the old priest had called him. Samuel as a boy could hear, yet he did not recognize the Speaker. Even as a boy, Samuel loved God. He served in the temple and slept near the ark of...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Hello Reader, Thanks for reading. Here is a new inspirational teaching for June! She Knew She Was Supposed To Walk My niece has a set of twins who are at that age where their whole little world shifts by the day. They pull up on furniture and test their legs against gravity. One of them stands at the coffee table for a moment, wobbles with pride, and sits right back down again. Her sister, from the floor pushed up onto her hands. With her hips in the air and legs tucked underneath her she...
4 months ago • 3 min read
Dear Reader, Thank you so much for reading my emails every month and responding with such love. I continue to pray for each of you. I hope you are blessed in some way! After a year of writing, I'm so happy to announce that my Christian Supernatural Mystery Suspense novel, Forgotten Promise, is finally here. I believe stories our open hearts to spiritual truth and encourage us in a fun and exciting way. This weekend, I am offering a launch special to my email list and social media. A CHRISTIAN...
4 months ago • 1 min read
The Words You Need to Hear Again I was listening to Romans on my walk yesterday. And by the time Paul reached those final verses in Romans 8, I stopped on the path for a moment and thought, We just need to hear these words once in a while. To just let them wash over us. Because here is what I know after years of this Christian life: We go through seasons we do not know how to handle. We face things we do not have the words to pray. We face situations we cannot fix with our own knowledge, no...
5 months ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader, I hope you had a great Easter. I wrote this inspirational teaching for my website and thought you might enjoy it here as well! Cynthia The tomb is empty, but what does Easter mean for your Monday morning? Discover the resurrection power available to you right now through the Holy Spirit. When the Songs Fade and Monday Arrives I stood at my kitchen counter on the Monday after Easter, and my tea had gone cold. Easter lilies sat wilting on the table. The dress I wore the day before...
7 months ago • 6 min read
Greetings Reader, The Spirit Was Burning Within Me At sixteen, he was kidnapped from his family's villa on the coast of Britain, chained, and dragged onto a raider's ship as a slave. He was carried across the cold Irish Sea to Ireland, a barbarian land. Hundreds of warring pagan tribes and druids meant no escape, no appeal, and no rescue. He was alone in a country where he knew no one and did not speak the language. And by his own later admission, he barely even knew God. This was who we know...
7 months ago • 7 min read
Dear Reader, When I was in my early twenties, I found myself on the front porch of my parents' house, tears streaming down my face. My husband had left. I had a baby and no money. I was devastated. My mom sat down beside me and said something that stuck in my heart: "God is love. Your husband loved you as much as he could, but he didn't have much to give because he didn’t have much of God.” Then she said, “But God is love itself. And He has everything to give you." In that moment, God held...
8 months ago • 3 min read