The Power of Excellence

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTl3U6aSd2w[/youtube] So there’s all kinds of speculation as to whether this shot is actually real or an allusion of special effects. What fascinates me about it is that it COULD be real. If I were the one trying to knock a bottle off someone’s head with my tennis serve, I might actually get the job […]

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Scams or Samaritans

My husband and I were recently watching an episode of ABC’s What Would You Do?  The title of the episode was “Are You a Good Samaritan?”… it got us curious. But curiosity quickly turned to frustration and then more discussion about what our role as Christians ought to be. The purpose of the episode was […]

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Friday Fun

This week has been an “I can’t catch my breath” kind of week.  Good stuff…  just a very full schedule. But my crazy week has a payoff.  I’ve been looking forward to this weekend for months!  Merlyn and I are headed to Cincinnati for the Western & Southern Tennis Open, part of the US Open […]

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Funded and Free

M O N E Y Seems like this is the perpetual plague of ministry leaders.  There is never quite enough of it to fund all the dreams we believe God has given our ministry. As Executive Director at Cross Point I haven’t been exempt from the frustration of not meeting budget or having the resources […]

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Friday Fun

Whew!  It’s been a full week. It’s Friday… my day for catching up.  My day for reading, running, Cultivate Her planning, errands, writing, dreaming and shopping (if I can fit it in.) Oh and laundry, but I try not to think about that one. I always try to pack more into Friday than I ought […]

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A Perfect Little Day

I’m enjoying this great little book, Unwritten Travels, written by my friend Jenny Black. One of the exercises in the book is to describe how you would spend an ENTIRE DAY if you could do whatever you wanted? Here’s mine: On a beach… in the fall Sun is out, but temp is moderate Walking, reading, […]

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The Power of Influence

August 18th is our next Cultivate Her event here in Nashville and our team is excitedly gearing up for it! This month we’re going to be talking about the power of influence. We’ll be celebrating stories of women who have influenced our leadership in a significant way. Was there someone in your life who believed […]

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Friday Fun

Need I say more? But I will… Jes and I are having a blast getting away for a few days. So far we’ve: Sat on the beach Read on the beach Shopped Eaten Sat on the beach Read on the beach Walked on the beach Shopped Eaten Today we’ll: Run/walk on the beach Eat Lay […]

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Sisters, Sisters

Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters, Never had to have a chaperone, no sir, I’m there to keep my eye on her Caring, sharing Every little thing that we are wearing When a certain gentleman arrived from rome She wore the dress, and I stayed home All kinds of weather, we stick together […]

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Friday Fun

This week flew by! Fortunately it was a very good one.  Here are some things on my mind today: An important project that I’ve been working on (which happened to be one of my thorns), is officially complete today!  Holy cow, that’s a wonderful feeling.  I’m not sure how to adequately celebrate it. It’s been […]

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