“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change” James 1:17. Last week, I wrote about the joy you will find by keeping a gratitude journal. My friend challenged me to find 1000 different things to …[ read more ]

@carol_mcclain So you’ve heard this before: You can find God through gratitude journaling. What? It didn’t work? I fully understand. I tried gratitude journals so many times and ended up repeating myself over and over and getting the same results. Quitting. This time though? At the end of this post, I’ll give you my formula. I …[ read more ]

@carol_mcclain You can renew your life: leave the mistakes behind and live in joy. I have a friend who is a genuinely good person. Unfortunately, long ago, she gave up on God. She’s now an atheist. Why? When she was younger, a minister hammered into her, non-stop, that she was a sinner. We know plenty of …[ read more ]

@carol_mcclain The short answer. You can never be good enough for God. I just finished reading Deuteronomy and Leviticus,  and all you need to do to be righteous before God. Even though I spent a month in the tome, I can’t recall half of what is required to be ethical. Make that an eighth or sixteenth. …[ read more ]

Carol McClain We pray. Maybe fast. We ask according to God’s will, and God refuses our request. Why? We know the pat answers. God always answers: Yes. No. Not Now. Those pat answers don’t always salve our aching heart or our need. An illustration of God’s wisdom in denying our request. Pastor B officiated at my mother’s …[ read more ]