If you want to avoid cancel culture, then just… From the early days of my ministry, I’d been told by a very dear friend, an older minister, a mentor really, never to read my own press. Don’t read the positive or negative reviews, editorials or social media comments and certainly never pay attention to “likes” … Continue reading Fruit Bandits
Never believe the lie that you aren’t valuable The quiet on the deck was welcome as I stood by the rail. Always an early riser, it had become more pronounced as my journey took me into time zones behind where I had come from. I supposed most of the other passengers were busy packing their … Continue reading The Arrival
Never be afraid to stand for what you believe in. Are you scared?” My friend asked. I grinned. “No. Why should I be?” Her forehead wrinkled with concern as her eyes went from the open suitcase on my dorm room cot to my face. “What you’re doing is dangerous.” My head bobbed in acknowledgement as … Continue reading the Encounter
t Never lose hope. Miracles do happen. In the spring of 1993, I was married with two children, the youngest not even a year old, and living in West Palm Beach, FL. My husband at the time, was not a Christian and vehemently opposed to the faith. I had been naïve when I married … Continue reading The Devil in the Details
Ever feel like you’ve done something so horrible even God can’t forgive you? Think again… Hospitals are a strange, kind of surreal place for me; not because I’m afraid of germs or death or anything like that. It’s just that I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve visited so it’s weird. … Continue reading the unpardonable sin
Lisa Greco Filali 