Author: Debi Gibson

Debi Gibson is a single mom of her 18-year-old graduating senior, and on Sunday nights, she is “mom” for more than 450 Awana children and students when she serves as Stonebriar’s Awana Ministry Leader. She loves that God called her into ministry through His redemptive work in her loneliness and heartache. She and her son love to travel, and they spend most evenings hanging out with their two pups, Mahali and Chance. Debi also loves to use her gift of hospitality in serving others and teaching it creatively in her little store, The Guest House.

Christian Parenting Encouragement Marriage

May 24, 2017

Divorce: A Five-Letter Word

In 2000, my son and I found ourselves with a father and husband who wanted to leave home. Unfortunately, this would be the first time but not the last. I was a 32-year-old mom of our only child, who was age two, when my husband left the first time. I remember my granddaddy telling my mom, “Divorce is like death.” That...

Christian Parenting

April 4, 2016

Spring Cleaning

As I open my master closet, the door seems heavy. It’s time for spring cleaning. I have a natural gift of purging and organizing, so why does this chore seem so hard? I hesitate and draw a breath. My hand reaches for the knob, and I know on the other side waits my uninvited friend—loneliness....