Elaine A. Lankford

Have you seen the commercial for Crest toothpaste that states: “Can you pass the tissue test?” Now, the commercial has to do with the whiteness of our teeth, but I can’t help relating this to our spiritual life. Jesus has come to save those who are lost, and in that process He forgives us of […]

Let’s admit it girls, we like bright and shiny things! Especially little diamond-embedded trinkets because they make us smile –a lot! And I don’t think we are alone in how we feel about them. I believe God is a fan of jewels too! I mean if you read through the Bible, you will sense God’s take

Wow! My heart is so full! There is so much I want to tell you, but my thoughts are coming so fast that I have to take a deep breath and really concentrate to untangle them! Within the next month, I hope to tell you all that God has done recently (yep, I’m leaving that

  When my dad developed a chronic lung condition called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), I hoped and prayed that God would spare him from the sometimes severe effects of the disorder. Some COPD patients go several years before needing supportive oxygen, but as a heavy cigarette smoker, my dad went only a couple of

  “You never listen to me.” For probably the millionth time in our twenty-three year marriage, those words came spilling out of my mouth. And my sweet husband, who had continued to work toward completing the task he was working on, looks up and repeats back to me the highlights of what I was just

  So there I sat, my face in my hands, tears of frustration rolling. Three years ago, if you had told me that I would be working on my second book, holding down a full-time job, caring for my elderly mother, raising a high school senior, and encouraging my husband to make a bold career

It was a whirlwind of a week. There is no other way to explain it. From the highest highs to the lowest lows, I have seen and experienced it all. The Challenges Some of the events that affected me started a couple of weeks ago, but concluded this week. For example, my husband and I recently

Unity is a critical topic these days. Seems everything is fractured around us – from long-term marriages ending in divorce, to the local church searching for yet another senior pastor, to the vicious infighting within the country’s political parties. Everywhere we turn, we see division. So what does unity mean? Merriam Webster defines unity as