December 2023

Millions have experienced the power of the Holy Spirit since the Day of Pentecost, when tongues of fire rested on those in the Upper Room and the disciples began to speak in a heavenly prayer language that made onlookers think they were drunk in the morning. In his sermon in Acts 2, Peter said they

Church hurt is real. I have friends who’ve been in counseling for years because they were spiritually abused by pastors. I also know pastors who were treated horribly by deacons, elders or church members. I know a pastor’s wife who battles clinical depression because of the way her husband was mistreated by their former church.

I often teach on a variety of subjects, but I believe my primary calling is to help Christians grow up and mature in Christ and really begin to enjoy the great life He has in store for them. As a young woman, I went to church for years, but I really didn’t know much about spiritual

I grew up under the tutelage of a wonderful old Southern lady named Willie Mae McGriff. She was an intimate part of our family for over 30 years. It was she who taught me the art of being in what she called a slow hurry. There were mornings when she arrived at our house moving slow.