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Encouragement for every season of lifeEight Secrets to Setting Goals God’s Way
It is now February, and I am looking back at the goals I wrote down for 2018. I wrote some for work (required) and mentally set some for my personal life. In many ways, I see the value of writing down my aspirations and what I want to attain throughout the year. I...
Overactive Tear Ducts
I am an extremely emotional person. When I say that, I mean an overly emotional person. I have an undiagnosed condition of overactive tear ducts (which is really just my excuse to say I cry a lot). I sing a song, I cry. I have to make a phone call and talk to a...
Creating Healthy Small Groups
Leaders change the world by inspiring the people around them. As Bill Hybels, founding pastor of Willow Creek Community Church, says, “Everyone wins when a leader gets better.” Learning about leadership is a huge passion of mine. I became fascinated with leadership...
A Love that Pursues
I can still picture the water fountain where she went missing. Time hasn’t erased the horror. It was almost 25 years ago, and our first family outing after our youngest daughter was born. Melanie was a couple of weeks old; her sisters Elizabeth and Stephanie were six...
Designing my Day
My husband and I are experiencing something new this month. We have relocated to Florida and will be living between my in-laws home in Tampa, and our favorite cottage on Sanibel Island. Scott is working remotely and I—well, I get to design what my days look like. Have...
New Year, New Life?
“…but let God transform you into a new person…” Romans 12:2 January 1, 2018 - New Year's Morning It's a new day in a new year in a new life. Each day in Jesus can be new. "His mercies," the Bible teaches, "begin afresh each morning," (Lamentations 3:22-23). So, no...
When Marriage and Faith Don’t Match Up
Observing your own faith grow is a very magical, blessed experience. As women, we often have a strong desire to talk with others about the positive changes in our lives and to share our excitement in that regard. What happens when we try to share our interest and...
A Day of Rest
You know how sometimes you find yourself just dragging through the day? And then the day turns into days and you wish you could just WAKE UP! Well, that’s how I was feeling last week and I decided it was time to put an end to it. In the past, there have been times...
The Referee in Your Heart
At a junior high girls’ basketball game, one of the parents in our eighth-grade fan section screamed at the referee and felt immediate remorse. “Time for a sucker!” she said. She popped it in her mouth and made a deliberate choice about who was going to...
The 10 Commandments of Leadership
Leadership is fun to study and interesting to dissect. The Bible is the best source for studying any topic, especially leadership. How would it look to view the 10 Commandments through the lens of leadership? The 10 Commandments are one of the most remarkable passages...
