Challenges, Devos, Inspiration, Leadership, Victories
Yearly Archives:
2013
Leadership, Living Free, Relationships
Lead Yourself First
Many of us have good advice for the people around us. If Janet would just _____, she’d feel better. If Bill would stop _____, he may get a promotion! I wish my son would _____. He’d be able to settle down with a nice girl & get his life together. I’m sure the world would ...
Challenges, Culture, Forgiveness, God's Love, Leadership, Living Free, Masculinity & Femininity, My Story, Sex, Victories, Wholeness
Soul Hunger: Can We Ever Be Satisfied?
A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb, but to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. ~Prov 27 I’ll never forget when I first heard this proverb. I was at ACU’s Leadership Summit, and a man named Mike Haley quoted it as he recounted the life God freed him from: 12 years of ...
Forgiveness, Friends & Dating, Living Free, Relationships, Wholeness
How We Can Stop “Filling in People’s Blanks”
In recent weeks, I’ve noticed an unpleasant little habit we girls (& guys!) sometimes have. I call it “Filling in the Blanks” for other people, and it looks something like this: Instead of communicating with our friends & family, spouse, coworkers or whomever, we make ...
Blessings, Friends & Dating, Leadership, My Story, Relationships
Thankful Project {Day 4} – The Focus Institute
One of the most defining experiences of my life thus far has to be my semester at The Focus Leadership Institute (formerly FFI/The Focus on the Family Institute) in Colorado Springs, CO. In a nutshell, the Institute’s goal is to transform 88 young people’s lives (ages 19-26) in one ...
Blessings, Celebrations, Marriage & Family, My Story, Praise
The Thankful Project {Day 3} – Taos, NM
Taos, New Mexico. Ever heard of it? Neither had I. So when my friend Brian invited me to go skiing there with him and some friends, I declined. You can ski in New Mexico? Wasn’t that one border short of Tijuana? This is what I wrote after the fact: “No we weren’t sunbathing in ...
Blessings, Leadership, Marriage & Family, Masculinity & Femininity, My Story, Praise
The Thankful Project {Day 1} – My Mom
Happy November! I hope you’re settling into the holiday swing o’ things. We sure are! This month, I’m joining Kenzie at Chasing Happy for “The Thankful Project” ~ 28 days of expressing gratitude in our lives! I love this idea. I hope you’ll start counting ...
Celebrations, Marriage & Family, My Story
Our Autumn Vision Retreat [PHOTOS]!
Y’ALL ~ Autumn is amazing! I know, I know: Ironic for a girl named Summer, but my husband & I just had the best weekend playing in the Ozark Mountains & I wanted to tell you about it. Sunday night we returned from a whirlwind 4-day trip to see the leaves change. Neither of us had ...
Blessings, Devos, Forgiveness, God's Love, Living Free, My Story, Relationships
4 Biggest Benefits of Unity
Friends, it is critical that we understand that God expresses Himself in an environment of unity. ~Dr. Tony Evans This phrase keeps coming to my mind since Dr. Evans first tweeted it. We can pursue God all day long – long-winded prayers, quiet times, doing the church thing – but if ...
Challenges, Faith & Prayer, Forgiveness, Leadership, Wholeness
Pray Boldly: 10 Keys to Moving Mountains
“You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.” ...