Truth. Love. Joy.
Do you ever set your mind on something or set goals and just want so so desperately to be in a different place; to get there? feel differently? or desire to have accomplished something sooner? In our “hurry up” society a lot of us find discontentment in being where we are, right now. I can
I’m writing a series this year called Women of God: Harlots, Tricksters, Judges and Queens. It publishes on the first Thursday of each month. The series is about women in the Bible and what their stories teach us about our hope in the gospel. The story of Tamar is a shocking story but not unlike
HALT = Hungry — Angry — Lonely — Tired When I am feeling irritable, as I do right now, I think of the above analogy a friend shared with me. When even one of these feelings is out-of-balance… …I feel vulnerable. Balance is difficult, especially for me right now; as a single mom of three,
In the past when I thought of the word division or divisive it rubbed me wrong. There is a certain harshness to the thought that people, once united, would decide to divide or head separate ways. I don’t picture a clean break, but one that leaves jagged edges and hard hearts. Recently, there have been
For 28 days, I had the ‘opportunity’ to read a certain paragraph about acceptance. OK, I didn’t actually read it personally each time, some days I listened as another person read it, BUT, it was read each morning during meditation. I didn’t realize it was an ‘opportunity’ at the time, back in May of 2009
Invisible. Have you ever felt this way OR are you feeling this currently in areas of your life? Looking back in my life, I can recall MANY times having felt invisible: …as a child thinking periodically, does my voice matter? do my opinion’s matter? does anyone see me? …in certain relationships and friendships, does this
Welcome back! This is part two of the post where I introduced Towanda. If you missed that, you can check it out by following this link. If you had made the decision to read on, lets give it a name. First, you need to be WILLING to acknowledge that you have some character defects or
Daily KIP: Do you ever find yourself making excuses for “yourself” to others? Explaining why you look a certain way when you run into someone unexpectedly? Acting the way you’re acting when you’re seen by others and caught off guard? Handling a situation in a particular manner when confronted? Most often we make excuses about
We are thrilled to introduce to you our very first “KIP Pik.” This organization is a perfect example, to us, of what we envisioned when we wrote our overview of How We Are, “Keeping it Personal and sharing your passion could be the start of an organization to help a family in need or a