This is a repost from two years ago. As we head into the holidays, it’s time to bring it back. <3 As I come up on the one year anniversary of When My Mind Winds Up – my second book turns one on Valentine’s Day; and, as I simultaneously co-teach a discipleship class on Jennie…
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Does God Make the Most of Every Opportunity?
As I was praying this morning… As I was praying this morning during my drive to work as a pastor at a local church, I remembered my friend Jodi Detrick posted on FB that she was off to speak at an event and as she always does, she asked that we’d pray for her and…
When God Speaks – it’s Enough
In the last 4 to 5 months, I’ve been going through a huge personal battle. The kind that could derail my biggest hopes and dreams. At the beginning of it, I had a word spoken over me. Now, when words are spoken over me (which isn’t often), I always kinda put it on a shelf…
Stand in the Gap
When you don’t have enough faith, I’ll have enough for both of us. Here, Take Mine My friend, Dyan, and I have often shared our parenting journeys with each other. One time she was telling me when one of her kiddos was struggling with their faith and she said to them something along the lines…
Okay, There’s Room for Me, BUT Do I Belong?
“To belong, you have to be missed. There’s something really, really important about that. People need to long for you, to want you to be there. When you’re not there, they should go looking for you.“ Put on Notice The above quote is something I read recently and can’t remember where I pulled it from….
Volunteering – Blech! How to Turn it Around
The volunteering realm of Church life has always been an interesting thing. Most every Church goer and Christ follower has done it, few do it in on going rhythms and almost every Church leader can’t figure out why they can’t get more volunteers and retain them. I’d like to use this piece to speak to…
Easily Devoted – Your Guide to Living Out Acts 2:42 Easily
*originally posted at Life and Limb Blog I don’t know about you, but when it comes to doing well in life, I like good, easy, practical suggestions. If you heard Pastor Aaron’s message on March 14 about how we can be contributors during our What’s Next series, you heard him talk a lot about Acts…
How to Choose a Church – 4 MUST Haves
*originally posted at https://www.womendevotions.com/how-to-choose-a-church/ In this post, we are going to look at how to choose a church by looking at 4 unique and biblical components. So, God has recently opened your heart, or you’ve finally decided to go back to church after a hiatus, or you’re simply curious and have always wondered what church…