Oct 3, 2016 | Growth for Life |
When I think about the way we forge our own trails or the ways in which we might feel helpless and stuck, I think about how often we need help but aren’t willing to ask for it. Do you ask for help? If so, what kind of help do you ask for? Are you looking for others to...
Oct 2, 2016 | Growth for Life |
I heard a woman on a call-in radio show the other day. She began to share her story before asking a question, as most callers do. One claim after another stated how everything was happening to her. How people wouldn’t call her back. How the church wouldn’t acquiesce...
Oct 1, 2016 | Growth for Life |
They say that when the going gets tough, the tough get going. I don’t really know who they are and sometimes, I’m not so sure I agree with what they say. On the one hand I do. I totally get it. On the other hand, somewhere in this phrase and how it gets...
Sep 12, 2016 | Growth for Life |
A few weeks ago, in one of my Facebook groups, a woman put out a call for prayer because her teenager left home before turning eighteen and they were hanging out with dangerous crowds. My heart immediately jerked and I wanted to lunge forward and give her a hug,...
Aug 24, 2016 | Growth for Life |
I want to keep this post bottled up inside. I don’t really want to write it for all kinds of reasons. I could tell you it’s wiser to keep it to myself, because over-sharing and all. I could also tell you it’s safer to live without telling others about our faults. Or,...
Aug 9, 2016 | Growth for Life |
Can you have joy without a little happiness? Or dare I say, a lot of happiness? Could you dare to pursue happiness while continuing to love holiness? This question of joy without happiness may seem odd. I know several who love God and live with a pursuit of happiness...