Last weekend I was blessed to be a part of an awesome women’s conference. The theme of the conference was “Pruned for Purpose” from John 15:1-5. As I studied about the pruning process from a horticultural standpoint, I began to understand the deeper spiritual meaning of pruning in the life of a believer. By definition, pruning is the selective removal of parts of a plant, such as branches, buds, or roots. Plants are pruned to remove dead wood or to shape them in order to

My husband and I try to have a date night at least a couple times a month. This weekend we went to dinner and then went to the movies to see the James Brown biopic, “Get on Up!” Chadwick Boseman did a spectacular job of channeling James Brown. I even mentioned to my husband, how I appreciated the producers for not delving into all of the “issues” James Brown had later in life but instead ending the movie on a note that made me want to go and download the entire James Brown