May’s Current Writings
Why You Should Be Grateful, Even If You Don’t Feel Like It
If you only had the things today, that you paused to be grateful for yesterday, what would you have? Would you have food? Or a car? Or even the clothes on your back?Thank goodness this [...]
So God Made a Mother: For Mother’s Day
At the dawn of time, God needed someone He could trust to love His precious children. And so, God made a mother. God said, “Life will often be harsh, so I need someone with a [...]
10 Ways to Speak the Truth in Love to Your Spouse
Once our three children tried to help our goldfish "grow” by squirting lotion into her (his?) bowl. When we found “Strawberry” (the fish had an unlikely name) floating upside down in the bowl, the kids [...]
How to Share Your Faith, Even When It’s Awkward
I’ll bet it’s happened to you, too. You mention your faith and immediately, your friends change the subject.You credit God for doing something good in your life, and there’s an awkward silence.Some act annoyed, or [...]
The Best Advice Ever on Praying for Your Kids
Seriously: I. Was. Not. Okay. It was 96-degrees the day we moved our twins into their dorm rooms, but my heart felt like a block of ice. Back and forth to the car I trudged, [...]
How to Live Ready in 2021 (Thoughts from Mark Russell)
One minute, Mark Russell was refereeing a high school football game. The next minute, he was . . . gone. There was no warning.No time to yell out for help. Suddenly, everything went black.I sat [...]