From a Tree Stump to a Life of Purpose
From Backyard Sermons to a Life of Service A Excerpt from the newly expanded rewritten addition of Book 1 Beauty For Ashes: Refined In The Fire Some people are born to entertain. Some are born to fight. My brother Richard? He was born to preach. Long before he ever held a microphone or stood behind […]
Life Is Too Short to Carry What God Never Asked Us to Hold
There’s a saying circulating lately—popularized in a recent cultural conversation—that “life is too short to fight with your family.” At first glance, it sounds simple. Almost obvious.But for many of us, it lands heavy. Because family wounds run deep.Because love and pain often live in the same room.Because forgiveness can feel holy—and impossibly hard—at the same […]
Start the Sander
Intro — The Friend Who Answers the First Ring There are moments in life when everything feels louder than your own heartbeat.Grief is heavy. Decisions feel impossible. And even the smallest task can feel like proof that you’re failing at holding it all together. In those moments, we don’t need solutions.We don’t need fixing.We need […]
Judas Was Perfect for What He Was Chosen to Do
Intro — The Sentence That Shook My Theology Some sentences land softly.Others feel like a blow to the chest. This one did not arrive gently. “Judas was perfect for what he was chosen to do.” When I first heard it, the words sounded cruel—almost offensive. I wasn’t ready for them. I had endured loss, humiliation, […]
Anchored in Love
There are moments in life when a single smile carries the weight of courage, when laughter becomes an act of defiance, and when faith is no longer something you speak, but something you live. This is one of those moments. A story not about what has been taken, but about what remains—love that gathers closer, […]
God Is Within Her; She Will Not Fall
INTRO This is a reflection on my mother—on the sacred courage of continuing, the gentle defiance of joy, and the quiet testimony of a life anchored in the promise that God is within her; she will not fall. It is a story of faith that steadies the heart, of grace that carries what the body cannot, […]
The Quiet Power of Friendship
Today, I want to talk about friendship. Not the loud, celebratory kind—but the quiet, steady kind that shows up when life feels heavy. This week has been one of those weeks. The kind that presses in slowly.The kind that reminds you of time passing.The kind that makes you feel the weight of midlife—watching parents age, […]
The Power of Perspective
A New Year, A New Lens As we reflect on the year behind us, many of us naturally look at our goals.Some were achieved.Some were partially reached.Some still remain on the vision board. And in that moment, we have a choice. We can focus on what didn’t happen…or we can choose to see the year […]
But If Not… Still, We Will Not Bow
There comes a moment in every life when you must decide who you are—not when the path is easy,not when the outcome is guaranteed,but when the fire is right in front of you. Life has a way of revealing what you’re made of.Not through the victories, but through the flames. And recently, as I’ve walked […]
The Red Dress: My Becoming Reflected in Venice
Draped in Liberation: The Venice Red Dress Story An Excerpt from Book 2- Rising From The Ashes: The Healing Power Of Becoming Some stories are not written in journals or typed on keyboards—they are lived, breathed, and remembered in colour. And sometimes, that colour is red. There are moments in life when you know you […]