Stepping Stones Daily Devotional

Transformational ThoughtWhen my girls were really small, I used to throw them way up in the air. Oh, how...

Transformational ThoughtThank you…yes ma’am…you’re beautiful…I love you. Words can be so powerful; they can bless, soothe, and empower. Get...

Transformational ThoughtLast evening I glanced out my window and noticed the most unusual, eye-catching color in the sky. The...

Transformational ThoughtJumbo shrimp. Military Intelligence. Harmless crime. Non-fat ice cream. Even Christian psychiatrist. These are all oxymorons, figures of...

Transformational ThoughtWe just finished sweet 16 birthday parties for my middle daughter, Nicole. She even gets us to celebrate...

Transformational ThoughtMy mother is a great piano player, and she taught many others and me while I was growing...

Transformational ThoughtSeveral years ago at Disney World in Florida, the world-acclaimed happiest place on Earth, I witnessed an amazing...

Transformational ThoughtPro athletes have such amazing physical skills. Tremendous coordination and deep-seated muscle memory have been developed through many...

Transformational ThoughtGod is not like us. He’s not flesh and blood, and that can make Him seem so far...

Transformational ThoughtIt’s fun watching our girls get excited about babysitting opportunities. Our pride oozes when we hear our friends...

Transformational ThoughtIn every child there is evidence of the parents’ contributions to the child’s makeup. They have their father’s...

Transformational ThoughtWhen I was 26 years old, I was the greatest … in my eyes. But when I met...

Transformational ThoughtWhen I was a child, my friends and I would play this game. We would go into the...

Transformational ThoughtThere was a big burly lumberjack who came from a long line of lumberjacks. His parents named him...

Transformational ThoughtDo you feel your heart beating right now? Do you feel billion, yea, billions of brain cells firing...

Transformational ThoughtWe seem to be living in a me-first era, in which people exercise less restraint over their impulses,...

Transformational ThoughtAs I get older, my memory just isn’t the same. I tell myself I have so much more...

Transformational ThoughtWe have seen many famous people fall from high places. Tiger Woods, Charlie Sheen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lindsay Lohan,...

Transformational ThoughtI remember life as a teenager when everything seemed so simple. Authority was always corrupt or out of...

Transformational ThoughtWriting these devotionals is so enjoyable and such a blessing to me in so many ways. One aspect...

Transformational Thought Early in my psychiatric career, I was caught by surprise, but learned something very important, so let...

Transformational Thought Few things give me goose bumps like when my kids are involved in plays, recitals or sports,...

Transformational Thought Try this little exercise … close your eyes (after you are done reading this), then put your...

Transformational Thought We’ve spent the last 3 days examining, dissecting, or as I like to call it, “deconstructing” envy....

Transformational Thought Yesterday, we introduced envy, which is wanting or craving what others have instead of getting our joy...