Shakin' The Salt

1)  Green beer, green popcorn, Irish food, Kiss me I’m Irish! But do you know the real story of St. Patrick? He was real but he wasn’t a saint…at least not like you think. At age 16 he was kidnapped and taken to a land he didn’t know - Ireland. Support the show Support our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donat...

Most people don’t want to burden others with their trials; thus when we ask them how they are doing, they often say “Oh, I’m hanging in there.” But if this is our only option when we face the trials of life, most of us would spend our lives “hanging!” Let’s face it, we all have trials day in and day out. Most are minor, just aggravating or annoying, but some can be life threatening. Then what do w...

Drugs, alcohol, cigarettes and other substances often are considered items of addiction. But what about food, sex, pornography, video games, and anything else that consumes most of our time, thought and even money? Why are we humans so vulnerable to fill that empty space in our soul with such things? With the number of rehabs skyrocketing as well as therapists and psychiatrists writing more and mo...

Do 70 years or 50 years or any number of years in a relationship represent unconditional love? Although we celebrate years of marriage, I have seen too many that often stayed together for the wrong reasons and often wish they hadn’t. True unconditional love is found in the Greek word for love agape. This is the highest and purest form of love found in the spiritual sense to have no requirements or...

From the time we are born until the day we take our last breath, we are all searching for or yearning for love. It begins with our parents, friends, and “love life” through the years. The question is, “Do we really love ourselves?” I believe it begins with the unconditional love offered to us by our Creator, who knows us best and gave his love for us on Calvary. Support the show Support our minist...

Most of us have either said or heard someone say “I hate you!” Taylor Swift says in a song that “Haters gonna hate.” It is so true that we cannot change what others feel, but we can take charge of our own emotions, and actually our own lives to learn how not to hate! Support the show Support our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You...

All of us have times in our journey through life when we will slip and fall, or go through unexpected trials and sorrows. I always say “Where you have been hurt the most is where God will use you to help others.” And others will in turn help you. Support the show Support our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Don...

No matter what our circumstances, we do not have to dwell on the negative or always seek the highs of life. There is an answer! I used to believe I couldn’t control my thoughts – but I have found that I can…and so can you! Support the show Support our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the...

Because I do so much work in teaching ladies in jail, and being part of women’s groups, and because my husband and I have a ministry, I often hear people describe me as being  “religious.” Although I do have a  religion, I detest being called religious, because so many so-called religious people have been cruel, evil, and have even killed in the name of “religion.” We don’t have to only look at Bi...

When I was young I never thought about why an old person was mean. I just knew that my friends and I would try to get even with them, tease them, even harm their grass or flowers when we had a chance. How horrible to even think we did that now. We didn’t stop to think they were crabby because they didn’t have family or friends, or perhaps because they were in pain, or even because they had perhaps...

Self sabotage is the term used when we knowingly or unknowingly hurt or harm ourselves – verbally, emotionally, or even physically. Sometimes we are not even aware of the harm we are doing, but when we are we need to make a commitment to try to become more conscious of the fact that we are doing so and then just STOP IT! When we are putting ourselves down, or jeopardizing our own health, we are al...

Legal documents, contracts or even signing marriage licenses can be really scary! We always have the question, “What if?” I used to bully my younger brother and pin him down, and making him tell me how beautiful I was. Then he grew to 6’ and that ended that! We laugh now, but we all go through times of surrender, some by choice and some forced. Have you ever really surrendered your life to another...

Surveys show that one of the most admired traits in people, no matter what their “walk of life” is confidence. Surveys also show that most of us would like to have more confidence. We don’t like haughty and proud people, and there is a fine line between that and confidence. But when we know who we are, know our gifts and talents as well as our shortcomings, we are on our way to allowing God to wor...

What are you thinking about? Is it uplifting and positive or negative and degrading? Most of us, if we are honest, talk to ourselves and tell us things wrong about us, mistakes we have made, problems we are having. Then throughout the day we continue to grind ourselves in the ground and keep telling us the negative over and over and over! Most of us would like to change our minds but we don’t know...

My Mama Bootsie who acquired her name in college in the 1940’s, has always loved purple. And everyone has always loved my  Mama. Only one person ever hurt her and broke her heart – me! Yet she did my entire wedding for me back in the 1970’s, all purple of course!  Support the show Support our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You wil...

Most of us recognize pride as it shows in others; and it certainly isn’t attractive as it comes out. There are four basic symptoms of pride, and I challenge you to search yourself and see if there be any lurking in your own soul. Because it is manifest in so many ways we often can’t see it in ourselves, - or at least we don’t want to see it. But when we truly know the source of our gifts, talents...

Having travelled in all 50 states and 65 foreign countries, I have had more adventures and taken more risks than 95% of the world’s population. From scubing diving in Australia’s great-barriar reef to staying a week in the Okavango Delta in Africa where we had to sign a “attack by lion waiver,” my husband and I have chosen to take many somewhat dangerous risks. But unfortunately, I also took the w...

Most of us have dealt with depression to a certain degree, either personally or through a friend or family member. Often there is a chemical imbalance which may be the source of the depression, and it is so common to feel “sad” or down and out, even depressed when going through the illness or death of a friend or loved one. But what do you when you just can’t get rid of those feelings, and seeming...

I love the idea of using the PIES to chart to help balance one’s life, because it makes such sense. The P stands for the physical parts of our life, the I stands for the intellectual E is for emotional and the S represents the spiritual side of life. In speaking and teaching I include two more slices of the pie, one represents family time and one represents either your work time or school. We all...

Dr. Peppers recently was invited to speak at a women’s conference on the topic of Gracefully Broken. Using several examples of people in she knows, including her own story, she also shared people in scripture who were “broken,” before they could find the real purpose and fulfillment of their lives. Dr. Peppers then called a young girl named Avery  from the audience to come to the front to help her...

How many of us can say that we have never been bullied? Most of us would say that it was just a part of growing up and we all dealt with it. But in the world of technology and with weapons so easily accessible, what can we do to help our young people? Even worse, what can we do to stop adult bullying?  Most of our schools have developed anti-bullying campaigns for our children, but what about adul...

Most people think you have to be alone to feel lonely, but that is not true. You can be in a room with 100 people, or even be with your own spouse and still feel lonely. Since loneliness is listed as the third highest contributing factor to attempted suicide, how can we get help when we or someone we know feels perpetually lonely? What does scripture say about it and what can we do practically to...

He was a WWII Navy Pilot and successful business man, but I was his Baby Girl. I have come to understand how hard it is for people who have never had a close, loving relationship with their own  father, to see God as a trustworthy, loving Father. I even had a friend who had been abused by her father and couldn’t even accept the concept of God being taught as a masculine figure, much less as her Fa...

When I was teaching high school six hours a day back in St. Louis, I also was a daily afternoon   radio host for 3 hours, I taught at Webster University in the evenings, was the Drama director of plays and musicals, and was constantly working on my Masters and Doctorate. For a while, my husband, family and friends had to take a backseat to my busy schedule. Have you ever felt that way? What happen...

When both of their husbands died at a young age, they were left as young, scared single moms. But God brought them together to look after and rely on each others. From this beautiful friends ship hundreds of women would also become their Heart Sisters. Linda and Marsha have opened new “chapters” in ten different states where women of all ages and stages of life can come together to share issues go...