By Tricia Murphy Erwin McManus once said that there are no practice moments in life. Every moment matters and brings eternal significance. I have been pondering what living with purpose really means to me personally. What will my purpose statement include? I just watched more than a thousand...

By Tricia Murphy Real servants maintain a low profile. That statement brings two people to mind right away and I’d love to tell you about them because they stay under the radar, so you probably wouldn’t know them for their servant hearts unless you have been a recipient. Then you...

To tempt or to lure implies a drawing into danger, evil, or difficulty through attracting and deceiving; to seduce or lead astray from one's true course. Every day I am faced with a decision and it isn’t an easy one to make. I have to choose to move toward the mission I want to accomplish...

By Tricia Murphy Day 19 had some very personal challenges for me. You see, I don’t like conflict. I get that pit in my stomach and it feels like I might puke, if I had to be honest. I usually see the conflict as a barrier to the friendship so I usually manage to figure out a different way...

By Tricia Murphy David’s Psalms were his ways of describing his friendship with God. Some of his words were longing, thirsting, hungering.What words would I...

  By Tricia Murphy “How do you see your life?” “How do you picture life?” “What image would come to your mind?” Crickets. “Put it this way, what is your life metaphor?” These kinds of questions make me sweat. I see my life as...