ORDER YOUR PRAYER BOX TODAY! How’s your relationship with Christ? Are you discipline in your prayer life? These three boxes have been curated to help you build discipline in your prayer life as you focus on strengthening your personal relationship with the Holy Spirit. The workbook includes a 30-day exercise to help you focus…
Every time I read “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho, my spirit is overcome with joy. There’s just something about this book that no matter how many times I’ve read it (and I’ve read it 5 times); it always resonates with my spirit and my journey. Every chance I get, I share my passion for “The…
MER Book Club I love to read so I often get books as gifts and of course I’ve never met a book store I didn’t just gush over and please don’t let me find the journal section. It’s just not the same ordering books online but during this COVID season it will just have to…
Why should we meditate day and night? Because we “need” the Word of God. In the Word of God, there is life. “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the…
So excited to be reading Fervent by Priscilla Shirer. I’d been praying about moving into a deeper place in my relationship with Christ and ordered this book and two others. Once I received them all it hit me that all three books were on prayer. There it was, my answer from Lord on how I was…
I’m so excited to get my hands on this book The Rules of Engagement by Cindy Trimm! It’s one of her eariler books but I’ve heard its amazing and I can’t wait to start reading. I post a lot about the supplemental reading I do along with my Bible reading. I believe it’s an important…
I just ordered my copy of “Praying From The Third Dimension” by Juanita Bynum. I can’t wait to read it and share what I know will be an amazing book. I’ve been listening to her Facebook live program and she is absolutely amazing! The Word…WOW! You can find videos on YouTube if you search by…
I wanted to repost this great article I found by Kathy Freston author of The Book of Veganish. In it she talks about her decision to become a vegan and how she went about trying to better understand Christ’s calling for us to have compassion towards all things. It’s a little long but stick with…
Tuesday, I had the opportunity to interview author Shaka Senghor about his life and his new memoir Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption In An American Prison. Check out the interview below. “Mary Esther Ruth” does not own nor is the publisher of this book. No copyright intended. For inspirational purposes only. To find…
A couple of weeks ago, I shared some of the many ways God speaks to us from the book titled Your Miraculous Potential by Wayne Chaney, Jr. In the book, Pastor Chaney gives us not only ways to identify how God speaks to us but he also outlines the ways in which we can move…
Catch me on Tuesday, February 7th on Book Circle Online (link below) as I interview Shaka Senghor about his book Writing My Wrongs.
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Do You Need A Fresh Start? I love Fresh Start! Why? Because I’m a big believer in constantly reevaluating my foundation and fixing cracks that can stop or detour me on my journey. I was extremely successful at this in the corporate world. I carried a lot of responsibility for the regulatory direction of the…
Renewing Your Mind with Jesus Calling I’m a huge fan of Sarah Young and love her book “Jesus Calling”. My husband and I read it in the mornings before he leaves for work. Today, I want to share the Word with you from her book. I AM RENEWING YOUR MIND. When your thoughts flow freely,…
Catch me on Friday, December 16th on Book Circle Online (link below) as I interview Pastor Wayne Chaney of the hit television show Preachers of LA about his new book Your Miraculous Potential.
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I picked up a copy of Purpose Awakening by Touré Roberts about two months ago but just hadn’t found the time to read it. Over the long Thanksgiving weekend, I decided to dive in and I’m so glad I did. If you’re wondering about how to move forward in your purpose walk with God this is a GREAT…
Ann Voskamp’s story is not happily ever after. As a child, her sister was crushed under a truck in front of her and her mother. Consequently, her mother checked herself into a psychiatric hospital and her father couldn’t find God. As an adult, she stood beside her brother-in-law as he buried his first two sons.…
Please check out my very first interview as “Host” of Book Circle Online, as I have an intimate conversation with Jessica Teich author of The Future Tense of Joy.…
Two-time Grammy winning Christian hip-hop artist, Lecrae, learned this lesson through more than his share of adversity—childhood abuse, drugs and alcoholism, a
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Make sure to tune in next week, Thursday, November 10th to Book Circle Online with Paula Bryant-Ellis, as I interview Jessica Teich author of The Future Tense of Joy.
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If you missed the Cookie Johnson interview with Oprah Winfrey on “Super Soul Sunday” you can catch her at One Church LA sharing her story with Sarah Jakes Roberts and her mother Serita Jakes. Cookie, always so graceful, discusses the challenges she faced in her public marriage to basketball great Earvin “Magic” Johnson. In her…
