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Taming a Princess
Sarah was named a princess. That's what her name means. However, her name carried no royalty. She has always been treated as a...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Sep 15, 20203 min read


God's Star
When do you see stars? At night, mostly. In fact, the darker the night, the better we see them. Esther lived in a very dark time and...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Sep 8, 20203 min read


How Do I Know When God Speaks?
I have been asked this question more than any other question. Too many believe that conversation with an invisible God means a one-way conv

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Sep 2, 20203 min read


Overcome or Overcomer?
It's easy to forget is that God always shows up.

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Aug 26, 20203 min read


What Happened to Happy?
Didn’t we used to be happy? In the eyes that stare at me above masks that cover faces I see today, I see sad and frustrated. I see tired...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Aug 19, 20202 min read


Who Ordered Sour Lemonade?
My mother had an aluminum cast lemon squeezer that she used to make lemonade on the hot, muggy days of my early childhood in Houston, Texas.

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Aug 12, 20203 min read


Cloudy with a Chance of Knowing
What is it God wants to do in and through us in this chaotic wilderness trek we find ourselves in these days?

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Aug 5, 20203 min read


Holy Disruption
I found a new way to identify these strange times: holy disruption. The title not only caught my attention, it scared me. Disruption, I...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jul 29, 20202 min read



Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jul 21, 20202 min read


Without Grumbles
I’ve tried not to grumble during all the forced and self-imposed restrictions during these strange days. But trying not to grumble means the

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jul 15, 20202 min read


What We Were Supposed to Learn in a Garden
In the middle of these closed-in and travel-less times . . .

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jul 8, 20203 min read


A Prayer for Our Nation
God You are over all kingdoms and leaders. You know every heart and motive. You weave your will using people and processes we protest. We...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jul 1, 20201 min read


Spiritual Growth for Late Bloomers
I love beautiful gardens. I see the beauty, but not the plan behind it. I wish I could grow something besides straggling stems and...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jun 19, 20203 min read


Lessons from an Orchid
A friend gave me an orchid. It was the kind that sends out a long arching bough to hold its purple flowers as if hanging on a...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jun 17, 20203 min read


A Prayer for Unsettled Times
Our Father, You see Your world in crazy chaos and implosion.

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jun 16, 20201 min read


Growth in the Time of Corona and Chaos
I think we all went into our COVID-19 corners thinking this too shall pass. We're looking for purpose. But are we looking for growth?

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jun 10, 20202 min read


Waiting without Wasting
We're waiting . . . and while we wait, we adapt.

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jun 3, 20202 min read


More Peace, Please!
Peace in a Pandemic: Part 3 When Jesus is our focus, peace comes from Him. I hope you are discovering that peace isn't something we make...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
May 27, 20203 min read


The Missing Peace
When peace is msssing in our life, struggle and stress preoccupy.

Debbie Salter Goodwin
May 20, 20203 min read


Peace in a Pandemic-Part 1
What pushes peace aside to make you fearful, stressed, or struggling? I’ve been thinking a lot about the peace Jesus promised in these...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
May 13, 20203 min read