How Can I Trust God Better?

“I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands.”  Psalm 119:176 (NIV).  Do you ever find yourself slightly alienated from God wondering how you can trust God better? Our daughter's pet helped me understand how easy it was to go astray. “Stop it!” my young daughter scolded....

Encountering JESUS on the El Camino

A small peek into my recent mission trip to Spain. The pungent odor of cow manure fills the air as travelers walk the Camino de Santiago (the Way of Saint James) past dairy farmhouses toward a hostel named La Fuente del Peregrino. The name means The Pilgrim’s Fountain, and it’s just one of many hostels...

Should Christians Cuss?

“Therefore, be imitators of God as dear children.” Ephesians 5:1 (NKJV) The other day I got so mad at my teenager that I cussed. Should Christians cuss? No. Yet I hear believers all the time say words that are not glorifying to God nor do they represent an example of Christ to the world. If you know anything...

Glitch

“If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.” John 15:19 (NIV) I sometimes struggle with acceptance. Especially as a Christian who stands up for my...

Changes on my Facebook site

Hello all. You may have noticed the content here and on my "Every Single Parent" Facebook site has been evolving from a site just for single parents into my Author Page. The name will be changing from "Every Single Parent" to "Tez Brooks." Why? Because as a writer/author my reach is expanding from the small...