Many reading this blog post understand that life can be just plain unfair. At least unfair to our way of thinking. For some of us, it has been. There have been a few events where I would cry, “FOUL! THIS NOT FAIR!” I know there are those women who are not required to walk in…
Life as we know it is hard, and there are many demands on women. Have you ever just wanted to give up? Have you ever wanted to quit….throw in the towel…. chunk it to everyone? Have you ever wanted to disappear…or if we are really honest – have someone else disappear? Do you ever feel…
Landscape changes are inevitable. Try as we might cannot control them. Our response to each one is vital to our healthy emotional and spiritual health. This list is not complete but these 10 steps have helped me stay connected when I didn’t know if I was going to get through my landscape change.
We are filling up our spaces at Refresh Retreats quickly. Take advantage of an opportunity to attend one of these extraordinary times of refreshing! We have also added our Restoration Retreats for Ministry Marriages; the link is here. When you come to a Refresh Retreat you are going to blessed with the SWAG from one…
What do we do when life doesn’t turn out the way we expect it to? We can cry and pitch a fit, shake our fists at heaven, and be mad at God. We can feel sorry for ourselves, become cynical, and rooted in bitterness. We can re-evaluate our faith, deconstruct and walk away. We can…
I can’t believe we are at the end of the first quarter of 2022! At the time of this writing, Ukraine is under attack. There are approximately 1.4 million women who have fled their country. Families are separated, and their futures are unknown. Our world is still maneuvering a world filled with an unpredictable virus,…
There is an interesting word nestled in the Old Testament, “Selah.” Have you ever noticed it? Do you understand what it means? While its actual meaning is not absolutely clear, most biblical scholars agree that the simple word indicates a pause in Scripture, an interlude between stanzas in a psalm, or a musical marker for…
“I asked God for a bike, but I know He doesn’t work that way. So I stole one and asked for forgiveness.” [su_spacer] Funny, right? But this comedic story is laced with uncomfortable truths. [su_spacer] Truth we don’t want to acknowledge. Truth about how we see God. Truth about trust. Truth about control. Truth…
Social. Distancing. Two words that, before 2020, seemed to somehow not go together at all. Yet here we are, in February of 2021, still feeling the effects of our socially-distanced pandemic year. Many of us have lost loved ones, church members, friends, or have at least ministered to those grappling with the permanent heartache brought…
My dear friends, when Diane asked me to write about “hope,” I found this letter I wrote to my daughter several years ago. I was going through her spiritual inheritance, and I came to this…contentment. You might think ‘contentment’ and ‘hope’ are two completely different things, but they are not. Hope thrives when planted in the…
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