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Encouragement for every season of lifeBecoming Study 4: Dressed for Action
I wasn’t ready. Before I came to accept Christ as my savior in 2008, I sought God. I would get close and then rebel, because deep down I knew that if I accepted Christ, I would also need to accept what he said about how to live my life. I wasn’t ready to make those...
The Weight of Words
Words: they can be spoken so quickly and have lasting effects. Recently I had a conversation where assumptions were made and a person began to describe my way of thinking. They were mistaken, and I found myself tongue-tied trying to defend myself. It rattled my...
Avocado Chicken Salad
A few years ago, when I first heard I have an intolerance to soy, I thought to myself, “Well, that’s no big deal; I hardly ever eat soy sauce.” But then I went shopping and it turns out that soy is in EVERYTHING! Okay, everything is kind of a stretch, but seriously...
Homeschooling: You Are Probably Already Doing It
I could never spend all day with my kids. How do you not go crazy? I am totally not smart enough to teach my kids! Those are just a few of the many responses I receive when I tell people that we homeschool our six children who range in age from preschool to...
Who Do You Belong To? Identity in Work or with God
I was in a committed relationship once before my husband, Dale. Most people don’t realize this – maybe not even Dale – but I was married to my career. The Buzz Company was my company. My career had hit rock bottom and I started Buzz out of desperation in 2005. While I...
Becoming A Dreamer 3: Today’s Programming
Remember how at the end of each Sesame Street episode they would announce that "today's programming was brought to you by . . .the letter (A) and the number (3)!” And if you were to go back and rewatch the episode, you'd see that the letter and number they gave credit...
Re-Framing A Situation
My husband, John, recently went through an autologous stem-cell transplant to treat Multiple Myeloma, a type of blood cancer. As part of the transplant process he received two doses of heavy chemotherapy. We were told this chemo would make his hair fall out – no ifs,...
Nourish to Flourish
Just as Jesus calls us to nourish our bodies with healthy food and ample water (1 Corinthians 6:19-20), we are to nourish our faith by trusting in God when our circumstances are joyful and when they are not. Reserve quiet time to listen for God’s direction. Believe...
Marrying Your Money
How do you manage your finances in a marriage? Like a recent movie title states, “It’s complicated.” First, I want to start off by disclosing that I am not married and I have never been married. However, as a financial planner, a sister, daughter, aunt, and friend, I...
When Being Angry Makes Sense
In many ways it made perfect sense to be angry with God. At least that’s what a lot of people seemed to think. “It’s okay to be angry with God,” they’d say. “He can take it.” My husband, John, had just been diagnosed with a treatable, yet curable cancer after all....
