My mother-in-law came into town this past weekend. I love her – she’s a pretty easy house guest, and I can honestly say a good friend. And while she’s a neat freak, she understands that I am not. So I don’t have to scrub the baseboards and eliminate every dust bunny from underneath the couch when she comes over. She does, however, prefer that there is a clear path to the bed in the guest room when she comes. And that, at times, requires some significant effort on my part. (more…)
I have absolutely no idea how it happened. I wasn’t even expecting it at the time. I had prayed for so long that I didn’t even think about it all that much when I prayed. I was just shooting my thoughts up to heaven whenever it crossed my mind.
I’ve been struggling so long with perfectionism, with trying to be acceptable in everyone else’s eyes. I’ve always known that this was a problem for me, but it had become a bigger concern as I sensed God’s call for me to begin teaching and writing. Being up front is no big deal. I’m used to it after all my years in music ministry. But I want to make sure that I teach and serve for the right reasons. Not for the praise of men, or else I may say more than I should or not say what I need to. And not for the attention that it brings or it will all be about me and not about Him. (more…)
My six-year-old boy, Devin, gets really chatty in the car sometimes. More often than not, the subject of his prattling is God and Jesus and other spiritual things, which leads to some very interesting conversations. I try to encourage it as much as possible, taking advantage of every teachable moment I can. I can also find my faith and knowledge challenged by the innocent questions coming from the back seat. Will Jesus come to our house to play dinosaurs? Sure…why not?
We were driving to a rehearsal at church the other night when Devin stated matter-of-factly that he would NEVER do ANYTHING that Satan tried to get him to do. (more…)
The 2009 triathlon season is officially underway, and I’m home recovering from my first event. The Lonestar Triathlon Festival at Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas is a Cannon family favorite – we get discount passes to all of the attractions for the day before my race. We also try to include some grandparents in the fun – this year it was my mother-in-law, Cindy. She’s never seen me race before, and I was excited to introduce her to a part of my world. The trip was a blast! Dolphins and Whales in IMAX 3D, penguins and seals in the aquarium, a 4D theater, the Ride Film….but you want to know about the race. (more…)
Yup. Just little ol’ me. On my new ministry web site. Wondering what the heck it is I think I’m doing.
I’m entering a new stage of my ministry life. Instead of music and women’s ministry, which are familiar and comforting places for me, I’m feeling called to speak and to teach and to write. Compelled really. I think about it at night when I’m falling asleep. My brain idles on it during the day when the house is quiet. I carry a journal with me nearly everywhere I go because God drops things into my head at the most unexpected times. And with this new ministry developing, I’ve discovered that I should probably have a website. Besides, this new chapter in my life could be blown wide open any time. (more…)
