You’re not being tested. You’re being rooted. When these wise words popped up recently on a social media feed, they resonated like a big ol' djembe drum. However, 20 years ago the most this pearl likely would have elicited would have been a clack of the teeth. Between juggling a divorce, two children, home loss and the pressures of starting a new job – I knew I was surely being tested. And when I thought I could not stretch any further, my youngest daughter, four years old a

Whenever my mother caught herself complaining, worrying or voicing a dooms day scenario, she would interrupt herself and say, “Oh, no. Let me stop, before I’m hung by the tongue.” She knew what prophets and poets —now joined by mind scientists — have been telling us throughout the ages. Our tongues hold the power of life and death. We must ask ourselves: Are our words healing or hurtful? Complimenting or condemning? Do they make us bitter or better? Let’s see if any of these