It’s Kind of Fun to Do the Impossible

by | Oct 31, 2013 | Life Issues

It was one of those days. Challenges were obvious and abundant on every corner, and the day just kept getting harder. Financial concerns, issues over which I have no control, and sharing other people’s pain… it was all taking its toll. Tears felt imminent throughout...

Shut Up and Listen

by | Oct 21, 2013 | Life Issues

I was pulling weeds out of the rocks lining my driveway. My head was down and I was deep in thought when I heard a car door. I looked up to see my neighbor walking toward me. We shared a little small talk, and then she sat down and started pulling weeds with me. She...

What’s Your Lens?

by | Oct 7, 2013 | Faith, Life Issues

I recently had someone completely misinterpret what I had written in one of my posts. At first I was upset, wondering how she could have thought I meant or implied something that I hadn’t. But after thinking about her background and some of the hard times she...

Renew Now

by | Sep 30, 2013 | Life Issues

Guest Contributor: Shaunti Feldhahn is a wife and mom, as well as a popular speaker and best-selling author.  After receiving a graduate degree from Harvard, Shaunti started out on Wall Street, but now applies her analytical experience in a totally different...

Daddy’s Girls

by | Sep 26, 2013 | Life Issues, Trends

There is a whole generation of young women (late 20’s and 30’s) getting cancer — simply because they were “daddy’s girls” at age ten. These daddies* worked with asbestos in the days when the public didn’t know it was scary...

Currents

by | Sep 19, 2013 | Life Issues

I was at a retreat center that fulfilled my need for stillness, silence, and peaceful surroundings. As I stood on the deck overlooking the river, I began to pay attention to the flow of the water. As I watched, I realized the strength of the current in the center of...