Do you feel scared when you start something new? Does the learning process feel foreign? Logically we know this awkward feeling is normal, but that doesn't dismiss our insecurity or fear. So how do we move forward in the face of the unknown, the unfamiliar, the scary, the new? Step. Wobble. Step. Wobble. Step, step, step. Wobble a bit Continue Reading
The Key To Lasting Change
I spend too much time listening to trash talk radio playing in my head. I hear voices that say I'm a hypocrite, I'm vain, and I'm just too selfish to share my gifts and talents with the world. This trash talk is in direct conflict with what I "choose" to spend time listening to each day. Truth is I spend hours almost every day listening to Continue Reading
Free to Work
Well, friends, I'm running out of steam for my 31 day series. Good thing we're almost done anyway. I still have several "free" ideas, but I no longer have the energy to do it every single day. Don't you hate when that happens? We commit to something and then we find it harder and harder to do the thing. Other commitments come up. Or we have other Continue Reading
Free From Tomorrow
(This is day 7 of my 31 day blog series: Live Free. ) I hope you're enjoying my Live Free series. I know I am. I believe it's so important that we examine the chains in our lives and break free day by day. After all, if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:36) Amen? Amen. Remember I am free. You are free. So let's live like Continue Reading
Free From Fear
(This is day 4 of a 31 day blog series titled Live Free. ) I am a recovering phobic. Taking one day at a time, facing one fear at a time. I'm not sure when fear first affected me but I know I was really young. Did you just about everything in this world can be scary if you let it be? For example in grade school, I feared bedtime because of my Continue Reading
Is Keeping Secrets the Answer?
Are you protective of who you tell what? Do you keep parts of your life off limits? Just your secret... If so, what might happen if you were honest about your dreams or your struggles? What if sharing your heart brought you the intimacy you long for, greater freedom and even joy? Would you risk sharing then? I believe one of the deepest longings Continue Reading