Encouragement for women of all ages
It was one of my more brilliant schemes as a kid. We had this huge RV-covered patio attached to our mobile home. It was perfect for roller skating, and in a neighborhood of young families with kids it was the popular place to be during the summer. Realizing it’s potential, at a tender age of…
There is almost no worse feeling than the feeling that a situation with major implications is completely out of your control. I spent the entire day feeling desperate, depressed, and completely incapable of turning my situation around. If I’d had the power to fix it, I would have….days ago. But the ultimate decision didn’t rest…
I knew I had some really tough choices to make. My plate wasn’t just full, it was overflowing. It was cracking under the sheer volume of stuff I’d continued to pile on top of it. I was a hoarder; a chronic “yes” sayer. It wasn’t so much that I wasn’t in tune with how much…
I can’t believe it’s only been a year ago. I was weighed down by a metric ton of expectations and responsibilities: some perceived, some real, some mine, some from those around me, some genuinely urgent, some important, and some not important at all. Yes, I believe that God will not give us a burden we…
Health is a tri-part matter. Spirit, soul and body. While not all physical illness is due to a chronically unhealthy spirit or soul, the latter will eventually lead to the former. I believe the Bible speaks to this when it says that bitterness and sorrow dry up the bones. But brittle bones are not the…
Most of us wont have the opportunity to live our our faith on a stage with millions watching our every move. This isn’t our calling. But we all have a stage. We all have an audience. And we’re all called to live out our faith with courage and conviction. For some that stage is our…
