Earlier this year I discovered this place called FlowerDust and began following this girl named Anne. I was so intrigued by her blog, her passion for Uganda, her apparent love for people and her vulnerability in talking about the challenges and struggles she has faced as a Christ follower. [I quickly discovered that I was […]
I must admit I’ve asked myself this question a lot and it’s been asked of me by a lot of people that aren’t familiar with blogging. The answer to this questions is really found within my personal mission statement that I wrote nearly four years ago. To lead, motivate and mentor others who are pursuing […]
I’m about tired of syncing! It’s hard work! 🙂 Today Pete talked about “Syncing Through Perseverance”. Scriptures: James 1:2-4 Genesis 22:1-11 Isaiah 40:29-31 Psalm 147:3 Important takeaways: He made the important distinction between perseverance and suffering. Suffering is what happens to you, perseverance is how you choose to respond to it. Suffering reminds me that […]
Some people are paid to think others are paid to make decisions some are paid to build stuff others are paid to fix stuff some are paid to learn others are paid to teach many are paid to serve What are you paid to do? Is it what you do best?
A few weeks ago I asked you all what woman from the Bible you would like to know more about. One of the leading responses was Deborah, so I’ve done so more reading about her and wanted to share some of my thoughts and observations with you. 1) I am amazed at Deborah’s influence. Deborah […]
I am studying the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People with some of our staff and today we were talking about Covey‘s idea that we should move from dependence to independence to interdependence. Dependence – the paradigm of you – you take care of me Independence – the paradigm of I – I […]
I am studying the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People with some of our staff and today we were talking about Covey‘s idea that we should move from dependence to independence to interdependence. Dependence – the paradigm of you – you take care of me Independence – the paradigm of I – I […]
We continued the Sync series today with Pastor Tom speaking on “Syncing Through Confession”. Scripture: Matthew 18:15-17 1 John 1:8-9 James 5:16 Luke 15:11-24 Pastor Tom challenged us to not think: Confession = ‘gottcha’ – people pointing figures at you calling out your mistakes but to think: Confession = a huddle; a group of people […]
I had the privilege to contribute a book review of Gilbert Bilezikian’s book Beyond Sex Roles:What the Bible Says About A Woman’s Place in Church and Family to the Sophia Network this month. THE SOPHIA NETWORK aims to celebrate women in youth work and ministry, what we have achieved and what we are contributing to […]
In an effort to choose joy like we discussed on Sunday, I’m reminding myself of the blessings in my life. One of the great points that George made was that in order to choose joy we need to focus on the things in life that can’t be replaced. So here’s the beginning of my list: […]
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