The Carrie Life

"Church" is an interesting word. What it means and how it is used are often two very different things. When we read the Bible we s...

As you read this, I am at Disneyland (well you know if you read this when I post it, otherwise who knows where I am when you read this).  Fo...

Life truth: none of us can control what happens to us in life.  The truly inspirational are those who take the trash they are given and make...

  Have you ever wanted to lose weight? Get a better job? Organize your house? Be more efficient? Be a better communicator?  Use that gym...

There is something amazing when you can look back over the past few months and see God working in your life.  Have you ever experienced that...

Its ironic to me that when we survey the world's population and examine issues that each country and region face, the biggest issue ...

September of last year,  Marie Claire  published an article sharing the stories of women who regret having children. For Every Mom , an on...

I don't know about you, but this past week has been really exhausting! As a youth pastor, this time of year is usually taxing o...

Today was my anniversary, but not the one with my husband.  Instead it was with my job, well really, my ministry.  I moved here 14 yea...

A year from this day I was pregnant. We had finished summer with a great trip with our extended family in Carlsbad, compliments of my pare...

A popular alternative rock band in the 80's & 90's was R.E.M. and in 1993 they released as a single, the song, "Everybody H...

Yesterday, I got the news that Robin Williams had died. I found out on Facebook, then verified the facts looking at online news websites. S...