Finding My Pace in Life As I flipped through another page in my planner, I wondered how to accomplish all my tasks in a mere…Read Article
When Encouragement Comes Full Circle When we serve without an emotional break, we can easily overload and spill over into a melted mess. The same…Read Article
Trusting God, Even on Lonely Sundays During my church-hunt, I discovered Sunday is the loneliest day of the week. But I felt some comfort in believing…Read Article
Assumptions, Judgment and Chai Tea Lattes God is always with us. Isaiah 40:10 reminds us that the Lord will strengthen and help us, so we need…Read Article
Two Troubling Phrases that Keep Us from Abundant Life As another coaching client left my office, I wrote a summary in her folder, then sat for a while in…Read Article
Isolation Means Death (A Lesson from My Dog, Rocky) When we avoid isolation and stay connected to each other, we become stronger. We’re better together and as Jesus pointed…Read Article
Searching for Comfort (Exodus 20:3) R.J. was searching for something else to comfort herself. She writes, “It was one of those anniversary months, when I…Read Article
How to Encourage, One Adjective at a Time In 1 Thessalonians 5:14, the Apostle Paul reminds us to “Encourage the timid, help the weak and be patient with…Read Article
Comparing Two Dreamers, from the Old and New Testament The Bible is filled with stories of real people with real dreams, just like us. RJ Thesman takes a closer…Read Article
Learning to Be the Church What difference might it make if instead of planning more church programs, we initiated more projects next door? Jesus challenged…Read Article
God’s Love in Loneliness Most of the time, I enjoy my single woman status, but once in a while, the loneliness of my singleness…Read Article
Ministry Reversed (Ephesians 5:16) Although RJ intended to encourage her ill friend, she was surprised by “ministry reversed” as her friend showed a positive,…Read Article