(UPDATE: God provided and I went to Uganda. I'm still processing my thoughts and my photos but look for an update in August. It was an amazing, life-changing experience.) ______________________________________________________________________ Do you have a dream that won't leave you? I do. My dream is ten years old. I dream of going Continue Reading
The First Step Towards Starting Something New
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
Never Measuring Up
Do you have super high standards for yourself? If so, join my club. I'm my own worse critic. Probably a perfectionist. I notice areas of my life where I miss the bar all the time. My personal expectations are too high and I'm too small. Questions I'm considering: Who set the bar so high in the first place? Me? A boss? Your peers? A parent? 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
Forever Free
The best thing about freedom in Christ is it lasts forever. There is no expiration date. No matter what. God's Word is true and His promise of freedom is forever. Never again do you have to live under bondage of your sins, your past, condemning voices or lies. No matter what your circumstances are today you can live free. You can even be 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