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Five-Minute Friday: {A Writer’s Life}
Every Friday, a group of bloggers spends 5 unedited minutes writing on a new topic. This fun assignment – created by Lisa Jo Baker – helps us write free from worries about perfection or format. I love the idea & hope you enjoy this week’s theme (“Writer”) in all its rough ...
Challenges, Devos, Inspiration, Leadership, Victories
Out of Pain Comes Purpose
Show me a man’s wounds, and I’ll show you his purpose. ~via Jimmy Evans Do you believe your pain is preparing you for something greater? My conviction is that we should not only believe this, but EXPECT it! Throughout Scripture (& history), God uses the hard edges of pain to etch out His ...
Challenges, God's Love, Hope, Inspiration, Music, My Story
The Best is Yet to Come! [Michael Buble]
Ever felt like your life is so amazing and couldn’t get any better? Or on the contrary, that you’ve struggled for so long that you no longer envision happier days? I have good news for both camps: The best is yet to come! The beautiful truth is that we’ve no idea the blessings ...
Culture, Friends & Dating, Inspiration, Praise, Relationships
Go Ahead: Make Her Day!
“Give to everyone what you owe them: If… respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.” {Rom 13} Here’s a little challenge for us ladies: Why don’t we start telling each other the good we see in each other… & often? I don’t mean just praising each ...
Culture, Friends & Dating, Giving, Inspiration, Leadership, Marriage & Family, My Story
Are You a Balcony or Basement Person?
This question is so near & dear to my heart – and one that ultimately defines our lives. I first heard it at a women’s retreat in college, & it’s come to mind many times since: “Am I a Balcony Person or a Basement Person?” In other words… do I bring ...
Inspiration, Quotables, Wholeness
The World Doesn’t Need More Successful People
“The planet does not need more successful people. But it does desperately need more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of every kind. It needs people who live well in their places. It needs people of moral courage willing to join the fight to make the world ...
Beauty, Devos, Inspiration, Masculinity & Femininity, Relationships
Beauty Does.
Beauty is as beauty does. Yesterday morning I had a vision of a lovely woman decked out in a long, beautiful dress. She was glamorous and beautiful, walking gracefully across the room toward her destination. The scene was a ball, and I had the sense that she was en route to (or arriving at) a ...
Challenges, Inspiration, Music
You’re Not Alone [Meredith Andrews]
Hi friends! I have something special I wanna share tonight! [And no, Part 2 of The Human Condition isn’t looking good right now… it’s been written but in really rough draft form. So another day :)] I have a new favorite worship singer, and she’s wonderful. Meredith ...
“You Do Not Have Because…”
You do not have because you do not ask. ~James 4 Ask, and it will be given to you. ~Jesus in Matthew 7 If you don’t ask for His blessing, you forfeit those that come to you only when you ask. In the same way that a father is honored to have a child [ask] for his blessing, your Father is ...