by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 25, 2015 | anxiety, attitude, faith, family, self talk, self-protective sinful strategies, Trust
DRUM ROLL! The winner of Andrea Merrill’s book Praying for the Prodigal is: Cheryl! Congratulations! Cheryl, please email me your mailing address and the name of the person who the book should be autographed to. Send to: KathyCollardMiller @ gmail.com (omit...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 15, 2015 | book review, faith, grandparenting, hope, hopelessness, parenting, Trust
Some time ago, Andrea Merrell, who edited my book Partly Cloudy with Scattered Worries, let me know that she was writing a book about coping with having a Prodigal titled Praying for the Prodigal. I wanted to read that book–because although our relationship...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 11, 2015 | faith, heart change, holiness, self talk, self-protective sinful strategies, Trust
As each of us travel a new road of greater commitment to the Lord, we became aware of reactions in our lives that Larry and I began to call the “Railroad Tracks Syndrome.” This is when we say we believe one thing (usually the biblical, godly way) but our behavior...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 9, 2015 | courage, faith, prayer, Trust
I’m surprised that with my current circumstances that the Holy Spirit keeps bringing to my mind Ephesians 3:20. After all, God knows I had a seizure, it’s no secret to Him, yet He promises: “Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 25, 2015 | faith, heart change, holiness, people pleasing, self-protective sinful strategies, sin, stress, Trust
Here’s one of my husband, Larry’s, stories in our book:I, Larry, remember as a child in Sunday School protecting myself from the ridicule of others about my poor public reading skills. It would just kill me when the teacher would have the group read a...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 14, 2015 | faith, heart change, holiness, love, Trust
Have you ever considered your trials and found comfort through thinking, “This too will pass”? That phrase sounds benign enough but I’m wondering if it leaves out God in some way. Because, at least for me, it supports in my heart an attitude of “I’ll just grin and...
