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Encouragement for every season of lifeMy Secret Confession
I have a confession to make: I hate balloons. Yes, those brightly colored staples of any child’s birthday party. Yes, those bringers of happiness to hospital rooms the world over. Yes, those orbs that bob cheerily affixed to mailboxes so you don’t miss the turn to the...
Using Our Gifts to Love and Lead
By Jaci Loween There are intricate and beautiful threads of giftings woven together in the experiences (the easy and the hard), relationships (the easy and the hard), spiritual gifts and natural talents of each life. And the Holy Spirit can come and illuminate our...
The Importance of Worship
Worship is an amazing thing, isn't it? We step into the presence of the living God, the One who has literally bled and died for us, and we kneel before him. While we normally do this through song, I think worship can also be silent. It's a position of the heart. We...
Seeking and Receiving Our Gifts to Love and Lead
Today we are going to ask the Holy Spirit to show you some of the gifts in your life that he gave you with the intention of you using them to fulfill the corporate calling of the Church and your unique assignment. Because the seeking, receiving, and using of those...
Creating a Summer Bucket List
Last year, my kids and I tried out an experiment: A Summer Bucket List! We wrote out 60 things we’d like to do over the course of the summer, posted the list on our refrigerator, and started working our way through them. By the end of the summer, we had accomplished...
3 Ways to Bless Graduates
How many hands will you shake or hugs will you give this graduation season? Rae Jean is three for three, and that’s just with her kids: Each child of hers will graduate at a different level of the educational system this year. Teachers, youth leaders, and coaches...
An Extraordinary Life
Lately, I have struggled with life in general. Two years ago, I was diagnosed with a mental illness that basically stems from a core belief that I am worthless, along with dual fears of abandonment and rejection instilled in me during very traumatic formative years....
Leading out of Abundance – Pursuing Relationship with the Servant Leader
My reading list on leadership goes up and down with the seasons. I’m currently reading An Unhurried Leader by Alan Fadling. Hopefully my next post will have gleanings from his wonderful book! This post is a continuation of my leadership series (see post 1 and post 2)...
When Patience Isn’t Your Virtue
It was the store’s employee who directed me to the express lane. He would’ve made a different choice had he known how many products were packed into my small basket. But the dude behind me saw full well. And as the clerk rang up item after item, the man at the end of...
A Single Mom’s Experience at the Retreat
For years, Jaime’s friend had been encouraging her to attend Bridging the Gap’s Single Moms Retreat. But until last year, the timing just didn’t work out. When it came time to register for the 2017 retreat, she knew it was time, and God worked out all the details so...
