Tag: christianity

As I sit down to write with Jesus each week, I spend time searching for just the right song to create the experience we want you to get.  It’s also important to find a scripture passage and quote to bring a sense of the Lord’s presence alive in your life.  I get most of my… Continue reading Quotes

There it is!  It’s been hiding all along, but I’ve been afraid to admit it out loud.  Can I shout it out now?  “I want to make a difference.”  Think about your own life right now.  I know I am.  How often are we just going through the motions, only to start the next day… Continue reading Difference

It was an amazing time in our lives, and it was one of the most difficult.  My husband and I were just married.  He had completed four years of college, and was working full-time at a local warehouse.  I was also working as a secretary and excited to begin our new life together.  But the… Continue reading Experience

I was quite amused recently during a telephone interview, as my husband and I were investigating a change in our health insurance coverage.  Our contact went through a series of questions, to gain information on our current doctors and medications, trying to pair us with the best plan.  During our conversation, after each question we… Continue reading Perfect

Things are not always what they seem.  I’ve discovered, over the years, that the people that seem most confident in public, some don’t carry that same assuredness on the inside.  I think back on how far I’ve come on that journey.  I remember being a friendly and outgoing little girl growing up, although short in… Continue reading Confident

A quote that comes to mind immediately is that “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”  And when you think about it, each of us envision beauty in many ways.  Sure, there are the obvious ones – beauty in the simplicity of a flower, the majestic mountains, the unpredictable oceans and, of course, the… Continue reading Beauty

There are times in our lives that we just need to pause.  Now, there is no time definition of a pause, like when we stop our activity or thoughts for one minute or even longer.  I, and my favorite contemplative brothers and sisters at our former church recognized our need to pause, if only once a month… Continue reading Pause – a special tribute to the memory of Charlie Kirk

How do you refresh yourself during these hot summer months?  Maybe it’s staying inside a little more often, possibly enjoying a cool glass of iced tea or sweet lemonade.  It may be feeling the dip in temperature after a more than likely summer storm.  Holding onto that refreshment may require adjusting your schedule for any… Continue reading Refresh

Previous experience of owning a small business, and being part of many encounters with hiring, brings back memories of common questions the interviewer should ask a potential employee during a job interview.  One popular one is, “Are you a leader or a follower?”  Think back to how you would have answered that if possibly you… Continue reading Follow