by Sandra Allen Lovelace @SandraALovelace #FreedomWalker #TimetobeYOU “A true believer must die to self in order to follow Christ.” Have you heard that statement? Were you told or did you somehow come to understand you had to set aside who you are, suppress the core, the essence of your unique design, in order to please…
by Sandra Allen Lovelace @SandraALovelace #FreedomWalker #TimetobeYOU! FEAR is palpable these days with challenges large and small confronting us on every side … in any given moment. The reality of mortality is front and center in most of our viewing screens. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death Psalm 23:4*…
by Sandra Allen Lovelace @SandraALovelace #FreedomWalker #TimetobeYOU! I admit it. The first two weeks of this global calamity caught me off guard. My body succumbed to the lockdown and carried me off to bed at odd times during the day. A webinar by Tasha M. Scott challenged my paralysis as she called the event a…
by Sandra Allen Lovelace @SandraALovelace #FreedomWalker #TimetobeYOU! Being the target of gossip can make me feel anything from uncomfortable to offended. When it evolves into slander I want to take off my gloves and fight back. A recent discovery of more than a year’s worth of that exact dynamic, nearly crushed me. To be more…
by Sandra Allen Lovelace @SandraALovelace #FreedomWalker #TimetobeYOU It was a quiet morning in a peaceful neighborhood when a woman ran screaming out her back door. She threw herself down on the ground, rolling around as she beat herself wildly and tore off her clothes. If that’s all you knew, how would you describe her?
by Sandra Allen Lovelace @SandraALovelace #FreedomWalker #TimetobeYOU! From Work to WorshipI’ve written a blog for 13 years on topics from happy reports of joyous highs to sad accounts of disastrous lows. You can find the history to the right at Views from the Loft written in an apartment in Prague and Views from the Deck typed…
by Sandra Allen Lovelace @SandraALovelace #WallflowerWomen #TimetobeYOU! Maybe, like me, you find it hard to imagine peace in this life, especially lately. Maybe, as I have, you figure real contentment must be for folks more spiritual than you. Or the cost to get there is more than you were willing to pay. Let me assure…
by Sandra Allen Lovelace @SandraALovelace #WallflowerWomen #TimetobeYOU! The Lenten season has taken on a whole new look for me this year. From a countdown of sorts to a time of meaningful consideration. How does one properly honor Christ … His life, death, and resurrection? Surely, we need to bathe ourselves in His gifts of forgiveness…
A Guest Post written for Tammy Kennington The frustration ran deep and the journey was long. Decades of caring for anyone with a need left me collapsed on heaven’s doorstep. Lord, I’ve been serving a long time. When do I get to enjoy that abundant life I keep hearing about? Don’t get me wrong. I…
by Sandra Allen Lovelace @SandraALovelace #WallflowerWomen #TimetobeYOU! Last week found me at an Ash Wednesday service. Felt pretty secure until I saw two little dishes on a small table upfront. Ah ha. This pastor puts ashes on foreheads to open the 40 days of Lent. Thankfully, the practice wasn’t new to me. Fingers marked the sign…
