by Kathy Collard Miller | Jul 31, 2014 | anger, contempt, faith, heart change, love, Trust
“Anger is the light bulb on the dashboard of my heart to indicate I don’t trust God.”—my husband, Larry Miller (Tweet That!) Any number of reactions could be put in the place of the word “anger” in my husband’s quote. It just...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jul 24, 2014 | anger, assumptions, attitude, blame, contempt, love, peace
Do you have a mental script? My husband, Larry, and I recently bought plane tickets to go to our speaking engagements in China in September. We were trying to figure out our seat locations by talking over the phone with a travel agent who had a very thick...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 30, 2013 | anxiety, contempt, people pleasing, risk, temptation
It’s always about the heart—the motives. Over and over again, I find examples in the Bible—that without an emphasis on the condition of the heart and the desires of the motives—would seem contradictory. Here’s one example. Paul writes, “For...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 15, 2013 | anxiety, blame, contempt, God's heart, God's questions, knowing and understanding God, people pleasing
And the winner of the copy of Engaging Today’s Prodigal: Clear Thinking, New Approaches, and Reasons for Hope by Carol Barnier is: DRUM ROLL: Barbara! Congratulations, Barbara. I know you’ll appreciate this book as much as I did. (See my review of it in my...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 21, 2013 | blame, contempt, courage, fear, fear of man, forgiveness, holiness, justice
Now, it’s time to focus on what Joseph’s brothers experienced. For the past several posts, we’ve been looking at how God wanted to bring healing to Joseph’s childhood wounds and He wanted to bring forgiveness to Joseph’s brothers’s...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 20, 2013 | contempt, deception, holiness, stress, trials
First, a note to Mandy who won the copy of Marion Stroud’s book: I’ve been trying to reach you by email to find out your mailing address so that I can send the book to you. Please email me your address at Kathyspeak @ aol.com (omit spaces). Let’s...
