by Shirley | Jun 22, 2015 | Cultural Awareness, God Is Close To The Broken Hearted
It’s been all over the news that a white man walked into a church last Wednesday, sat with the African American people for an hour, and then opened fire on them. Also reported is that the man desired to start a “race war.” In the face of this...
by Shirley | Jun 19, 2015 | Cultural Awareness, God Is Close To The Broken Hearted
This morning I stumbled out of bed and left the covers wadded up as my 10 year old crawled into bed with me early this morning and was still sound asleep. Walking into the kitchen, I opened the black refrigerator doors and reached inside for an ice cold Coke Zero....
by Shirley | Jun 18, 2015 | Cultural Awareness, God Is Close To The Broken Hearted
When the alarm started blaring country music, the only station that will come in properly on that tiny outdated box that sits on my night stand, I struggled to open my eyes as I reached to turn that noise off. As soon as my feet hit the floor, I walked around the bed...
by Shirley | Apr 9, 2015 | Cultural Awareness, Food For Thought
In the world that we are living in today, there are women walking around with clothes that are barely covering their body parts. What happened to the days gone by where women dressed conservatively? I’m not suggesting that women wear turtlenecks all the time...
by Shirley | Mar 13, 2015 | Bullying Is NOT Okay!, Cultural Awareness, Food For Thought
Growing up I heard this a lot: Do unto others as you would have done to you. The “Golden Rule” to live by! In fact, did you know that not only is this the “Golden Rule,” but it is biblical, too! It truly is. Luke 6:31 is where Jesus says,...
by Shirley | Feb 23, 2015 | Cultural Awareness, Inspiration
Last week I received an email that has almost rendered me speechless. It was a nice email from a kind soul in India reaching out to let us at Light Love Hope know the impact we have had on their life. They spoke such sweet words asking us to continue to share about...
