Have you noticed the media buzz around the notion of reducing New Year's Resolutions down to a one theme word? This word replaces that long, often forgotten and hard-to-keep list of resolutions and is intended to envelop all your aspirations for a new year. Some of the favorites across our ...
Get Ready…RESET…GO!
I love the imagery of a new year: each one of us are given the opportunity to reset, to begin fresh, to ponder where we lost our way and to reorganize our resolves.... yet another time. The New Year offers us a blank canvas on which God provides a colorful pallet and a variety of brushes with which ...
Your Dream Is Not Out of Reach – Part 2
Seeing a God-sized Dream to Completion - Part 2 These swift days between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day bookend my favorite time of the year. I hope to never outgrow the giddiness I experience amidst the sparkle and wonder of the glorious Christmas season. I often wish time would slow as I ...
Your Dream is Not out of Reach
Seeing A God-Sized Dream to Completion - Part 1 Do you have a dream or a vision for your life that seems way out of reach? Do phrases like, "I must be crazy! There's no way! It would be impossible!" ever fire across your brain? Does your dream feel more like a liability than a blessing as years ...
5 Ways to Refuel an Empty Soul
How busy we have become and as a result, how empty! Charles Swindoll No one argues the fact that today's modern woman is busy. Whether you're a farm wife preparing daily meals for a crew of men, a stay-at-home mom juggling the countless responsibilities of child-rearing, or a 9-5 career woman loaded ...
Show Me the Way
(photo credit: www.gettyimages.com) Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take. Proverbs 3:5-6 Generally, I’m quite eager to run to God for wisdom concerning major decisions in my life. As a ...
The Stretching of our Faith
The stories of faith throughout the Bible are as varied as the individuals involved in each story. One of my favorite accounts in Scripture is the portrait of four friends who were filled with compassion for their sick buddy. They knew Jesus was in town so they quickly ran to see him, only to find ...
Set Free from a Painful Past
Bitterness often feels like a justified response when we have been deeply wounded, but bitterness has a cunning way of turning its strength against us. Its roots find way into every inch of our life, sabotaging healthy relationships. Learn how to extract it from your life and to become free from ...
Bigger than….
Fred was nearing retirement. He had worked for the car industry for over 30 years. The economy had forced the termination of hundreds of faithful employees...painful for both the failing industry as well as the individuals whose families suffered from the impact of lost employment. An additional ...
Once Broken
I felt a bit giddy as we drove up the hill toward home, carrying a precious tomato plant I had searched for weeks to find: a Super Sweet 100. I had tasted it's fruit and knew it to be as good as candy. We discovered one nursery with one overgrown Super Sweet left in its stock, a reject left behind ...