By: Carol McClain         carol_mcclain My good friend Xandra fought with her sister and her sister’s husband. She never shared with me what the issue was, but Xandra quit going to the church they all attended. She cut off communication and refused to let her children associate with the couple. It sounds like a good recipe for …[ read more ]

By: Carol McClain        carol_mcclain We’ve all been crushed by ruthless (or clueless people). Seeing as everyone sins, Christians included, we often rub shoulders with arrogant, rude, know-it-all, clueless people who tromp all over us. Sometimes it hits closer to home with more devasting consequences when parents, children or spouses crush our spirits. We need to forgive. …[ read more ]

By: Carol McClain       carol_mcclain     Do you have to work, associate, or go to church with an overbearing person who monopolizes everything and thinks only of him/herself? Of course you do. We all run into people in our lives who drive us nuts. This past weekend I attended a book signing with a marketing group …[ read more ]

Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. 2 Cor. 7:10   By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain New York State has annual regents exams . Like all tests, they have strict guidelines. If a student asks directions on how to answer, teachers were instructed to say, “Read the question and do your best.” One question …[ read more ]

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”   By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain   Without forgiveness, the hurts of our lives cling to us like the smoke wildfires.   We burn each time we finger the seared surface.   God knows our pain. After all, He forgave the unpardonable. Upon …[ read more ]