Are we busy with the right things? “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” ~Ecclesiastes 3:1 Being busy isn’t necessarily bad, but there’s a fine line between productivity and overload. Here’s a breakdown of the good and bad of being too busy: The Good ✅ Accomplishment & Read More
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The 39 Day Challenge
The 39 Day Challenge The practice of Lent is a lesson in obedience and an opportunity to represent the steadfast love of Christ. “So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.” – Acts 13:3 Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and repentance observed by Read More
New Year, New You!
Reinventing the Best of You! The new year gives us all new opportunities to become our best. We might need to just tweak minor changes or completely reinvent ourselves. Either way, understanding why we want to change will make the change last beyond the first month of the year. Here are several ‘whys.’ Change Builds Read More
Gratitude Attitude!
It’s the time of year again where gatherings dictate our schedules and turkeys hold center stage. Our family tradition (groaning but obedient) as we share a meal, is to tell one another one thing we have been thankful for since last year. Sometimes it’s a great achievement and other times it’s a quiet clarity or Read More
Thanks and Giving
I have one life and one chance to make it count for something… My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference. — Jimmy Carter It’s always hard to say ‘see you’ to the Read More
Family Matters
No family is perfect… we argue, we fight. We even stop talking to each other at times. But in the end, family is family… The love will always be there. We learn to love each other most when we deserve it least, And then we mourn the ones we must love And miss from a Read More
Perseverance – Staying the Fight!
“Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.” ~ Author unknown Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz Her Unbelievable Comeback Story Search for stories that inspire, and you’ll find thousands. But there remains a comeback story you won’t soon forget. Elizabeth, or Betty to her friends and family, in 1927 at the age of 16, while leaving Read More
Marks of Good Leadership
What are the marks of good leadership? The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. ~Proverbs 22:3 Often in my observation of leadership, I’ve witnessed people take the bull by the horns and run with it like a destructive steer in a China shop. They are frequently of Read More
21 Ways to Survive!
It started with toilet paper! In 2020, quarantine taught us to slow down. The food and toilet paper shortage in 2021 taught us to be prepared. The fires, ice storms and power outages instilled in us another level of preparedness. Job challenges taught businesses to treat employees as vital partners. And we all learned that Read More
10 Things Storms Teach Us!
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” ~John 16:33 Storms of life can be many different challenges or difficulties. It could be illness, loss, financial strain, relationships, jobs, or a myriad of other Read More