It’s Time to Get Your Hopes Up
We had weeds growing through the broken windowpanes of our small, broken-down 1800’s farmhouse. Weeds! But since we barely had money for food, there was absolutely no budget for home repairs. In [...]
God Gave You All of the Keys. Why Did You Stop in the Foyer?
Imagine the most beautiful, most comfortable, most accommodating house you would ever want to live in. Get a good picture of it in your mind. Now, imagine walking up to the door, opening it, [...]
Danger! How to Keep Toxic Thoughts from Ruining Your Life
What makes a person self-destruct? What makes a man steer toward the ditch in life? Why would he deliberately set himself up for failure? I watched my husband, Gary, once as he mentored a young [...]
Yes, It’s Still The Greatest Country in the World
By Gary Keesee If I asked you to give me one word that describes the United States of America, what would it be? It should be ‘FREEDOM.’ Yes, I know America has problems, but it’s still the [...]
Rest. Are You Like Me, Struggling to Allow It to Happen?
For the past three years, every time I turned around, it seemed someone was mentioning taking a sabbatical to me. At a leadership dinner sitting next to a total stranger, a distinguished female [...]
