Self-Strength Closes the Portal
Self-Strength Closes The Portal Raise your hand if any of these apply to you… 🙋♀️ Burning the candle at both ends… Running on empty Running on fumes Spread too thin Wearing too many hats Juggling too much In over my head Too much on my plate Stretching myself thin Barely holdin’ on …Sound familiar? […]
Plot Twist: I Like Being Stressed
Plot Twist: I Like Being Stressed Let’s talk about STRESS ADDICTION. (If you want to stop reading now, we’ve already identified the problem🫣.) The new year came with great expectations — and also INSANE to-do lists. Not just making a call or sending an email. My lists were more like: That was one of six things with tight deadlines […]
If You Want More…NOW is the Time!
If You Want More…NOW is the Time! As I am looking in the mirror these days, I see lots of changes. Wrinkles where I used to have smooth skin, new bumps, things hangin’ down a little lower… hair getting wirey and gray (witch-like), my chin is getting another chin, plus a beard. 😂 It is so crazy that just […]
Before You Blow Up Your Life, Take a Nap
Before You Blow Up Your Life, Take a Nap ⸻ When Sadness Isn’t the End of the World I was recently visiting my sister in Montana. She has an 11-year-old daughter, and you know what that means—the hormone rollercoaster is just pulling up to the station. One day, my niece called her mom and said, […]
When the Shortcut Costs You
When the Shortcut Costs You I was headed home from a quick trip to Phoenix—just a casual Yuma-to-Phoenix-and-back kinda day. I make the drive often enough that I’ve basically earned a PhD in avoiding Phoenix rush hour. I know the times. I know the tricks. I know the pain. But not today, Satan. A late doctor […]
Don’t Be A Takeaway!
Don’t Be A Takeaway! Be a Contributor. Be a plus… not a minus. What do you, (insert name here), bring to the table? I want to talk about the importance of being a valuable person in every circle you’re in. Marriage? Obviously, we must be contributors here or things don’t work. Children? No-brainer. But what […]
“Be Happy—It’s Up to You”
Be Happy—It’s Up to You Do you ever catch yourself thinking that if you can just get to the future… life will be good? When my husband is [blank] or my children are [blank], or when I lose 30 pounds, or when I’m finally brave enough to finish my degree, or when I start my ministry, or when my mother […]
2025: Putting God’s Order First
2025: Putting God’s Order First Lately, everything I read or hear is full of advice and ideas for planning the New Year. I can feel hope in the air—this sense that 2025 will be different and better. It’s exciting to see so many people believing in a fresh start! And me too! I have been praying […]
Stop, and GIVE THANKS!
Stop, and GIVE THANKS! My husband recently visited Mexico to meet some incredible pastors. He had the opportunity to meet a gentleman from Louisiana who had given his life as a missionary and church planter in Mexico. He has a faith-filled ministry specializing in raising people from the dead (yes, you read that right), healing, […]
The ART of RESTING
We just had our annual Week of Fire at one of our campus locations. Five nights being in the presence of God together, to refocus our lives back on what is most important: JESUS. It is so good for us all, Rich and me especially. But it is a lot of work for us, spiritually, […]