American Folk Songs

Thank you for attending our session at OMEA.  Feel free to download our list of ‘must not forget’ songs. Please send me yours in pdf format so I can share it with others!! Thank you, American Folk Songs

Christian Enough?

Last night I had a wonderful conversation with a UD student over dinner. The topic of our conversation could be the subject of entire conferences – is it ever appropriate to use the N word?  Considering I had, earlier that morning, read a Facebook status in which a friend referred to “Nigga squirrels” messing in [...]

Winter Renewal: Touch Up Your Roots Marriage Retreat

Give your relationship the gift of ONE day where you set aside the worries of every day life and focus entirely on improving your marriage. The retreat will start at 8:30 am and end at 6:00 pm. Spend a day laughing, talking, dancing & learning how to ‘touch up your roots.’ This retreat is appropriate [...]

Dreaming or hearing from God?

I am not going to pretend I am an expert on dreams or interpreting them. What I do know is how many times God has used dreams in my life. Often my dreams have been prophetic, warning me that one of my children needed prayer, that there were demonic forces working in certain relationships or [...]

Reflecting on what was and what will be

Welcome to the New Year – 2010 – another day, another year, another opportunity to become all God created you to be. However, becoming doesn’t happen accidentally. If you want 2010 to be a better year, there are some things you will have to do. While your mind is turned to the oddity of writing [...]

College Music Society: Juba ‘dis and Juba ‘dat

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Chapter 4: Refiners Fire

Like the three previous chapters, this one is filled with truths that are life-changing when put into action. I will focus on a couple in this summary. God uses fire to purify and correct those He loves and nurtures. That sounds like an oxymoron, I’m sure but it’s true, none-the-less. Jakes teaches that whenever God [...]

# 3

3.    The third thing you learn is that weeds can be very difficult to distinguish from flowers.  When I was in the yard trying to ferret out the weeds, I kept pulling up flowers instead. Weeds often look like the real thing. They often have pretty buds on them and you might be tempted to [...]

Part 2

2. The second thing you’ll learn is related to the first: weeds will grow in any crack. It amazes me that weeds will grow and thrive if there is even a tiny opening. Take a look at your concrete drive or walk the next time you get a chance. If there is a tiny crack, [...]

Watch Out For Weeds

I’m not a gardener. In fact, I do not LIKE gardening. However, if you want to have a nice yard and cannot afford to hire someone, every now and then you’ve got to go outside and do the dirty work. As I was outside today, pulling weeds from around my plants, I began to sense [...]