The Carrie Life

I am a people person born before the days of internet. I love a good text message to share a meeting time or answer a quick question, bu...

"I Am Not You!"  This is something we should all repeat to ourselves on a daily basis every time we feel the nudge that say...

Last week, I sat in a hospital room with a family I've known for years.  The mother lay in the hospital bed in her last days, actual...

Friday, I was at a funeral. Sidebar: I've actually been to more of those than the average person. I have a big family, so growing up I...

I don't personally have an "Elf on the Shelf" in my house.  Its not that I am a hater of the Christmas tradition, I just don...

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...

I sat in church recently and just gazed at my son sitting next to me.  I am in awe sometimes of who he is because even though my husband I h...

When we think about having it all, we often think of having the perfect spouse and kids, perfect job, great car, dream home...you get the pi...

Its no secret, I am one sentimental gal!!!  I'm also pretty silly so I stay balanced.  When I left Doulos Ministries in 2002, my parting...

On a recent trip onto a junior high campus, I was stunned by the reality of teenagers today.  I am approaching 40 at the end of this year an...

You never know how some aspect of your childhood will later affect you.  When I was seven years old, my mom and I moved from North Carolina ...

Have you ever felt like something that comes so easy for virtually everyone else, seems nearly impossible for yourself?  I find myself feel...

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...

Yesterday, we elected a new President.   It wasn’t the Presidential Candidate I thought would win.  I really thought Clinton had it.  I ...

Recently, while driving I heard a radio DJ speak some truth that resonated with me.  I am not sure the topic they were discussing as I...

The past two weeks, I have written about making your life count and doing what God has called you to as a Christian, and what I am abo...