The Mass Disappeared
You are formally invited to my celebration! The 5.9 cm mass disappeared and my surgery this week was canceled! Continue reading The Mass Disappeared
Category: Encouragement for Today
Shavuot: The Meaning of Pentecost
The depth of the meaning of Pentecost are worth plummeting, as they are significant for our own relationships with God? Continue reading Shavuot: The Meaning of Pentecost
When Was Jesus Crucified and Resurrected
No way!- If Jesus was crucified on Friday, how was He in the grave 3 days before being resurrected Sunday? Here is how the timing actually works out with biblical feasts. Continue reading When Was Jesus Crucified and Resurrected
New Every Morning
His mercies are new every morning. Have you had a chance to bask in them yet? Continue reading New Every Morning
His Sovereignty Covers Every Inch
https://www.canva.com/design/DAF7MKPsvjE/watch I used to think that there was a way outside of His. – That everyone can choose God or not, so naturally, they can choose His Way or not. And if not- well, then there is a place we … Continue reading His Sovereignty Covers Every Inch
God is Burden Bearer
I was recently gifted the opportunity to share a testimony of one way God has revealed Himself to me. Over the last two years, He has been revealing to me different facts of Himself as Burden Bearer. It has transformed my life in deep, lasting ways. Here’s how you can hear it… Continue reading God is Burden Bearer
Wisdom חָכְמָה: The Art of Not Knowing
The word chokmah חָכְמָה that we translate into English as “wisdom” is a power-packed word reflecting the revelatory, creative light of God at creation and the One who is Wisdom, who came and lived out wisdom for us that He may live it out through us now. Continue reading Wisdom חָכְמָה: The Art of Not Knowing
The Blessing: An Active Commitment
Through blessing, we communicate God’s heart about the inherent worth and value of every individual we bless. Why is an active commitment vital for this, and how can we show it? What specific questions can you ask your kids to help them live out the blessing? Continue reading The Blessing: An Active Commitment
The Blessing: Picturing a Special Future
We have the unique privilege of inviting others to picture their special future through the eyes of the One who knows them best. Why is this a vital part of the blessing, and how can we live it out? Continue reading The Blessing: Picturing a Special Future
The Blessing: Attaching High Value
Through blessing, we communicate God’s heart about the inherent worth and value of every individual we bless. The absence of blessing in a person’s life leaves a void where love, acceptance, and emotional connection should reside. How can we call others up into the value that they already have (but may not experience)? Continue reading The Blessing: Attaching High Value
The Blessing: A Spoken Message
Speak life by speaking blessing into the lives of others. When we speak God’s heart over another, this is a key element of the blessing that everyone’s heart is designed to desire. How did Jesus do this (and how can we)? Read on. Continue reading The Blessing: A Spoken Message
The Blessing: Meaningful and Appropriate Physical Touch
The blessing is a bridge that connects hearts. Meaningful and appropriate physical touch is a significant part of this blessing and can literally extend life. Do you regularly give and receive this aspect of the blessing? Read on to find out more. Continue reading The Blessing: Meaningful and Appropriate Physical Touch
The Blessing
Through blessing, we communicate God’s heart about the inherent worth and value of every individual we bless. The absence of blessing in a person’s life leaves a void where love, acceptance, and emotional connection should reside. What is the blessing? And how can it be redeemed? Continue reading The Blessing
Human
Some people use “I’m human” as an excuse for bad behavior, while others use it as something to aspire to, “Let’s raise good humans.” What does it really mean? And if we know, how might that rock our world forever? Continue reading Human
Search for the Treasure Behind the Disobedience
Your child’s misbehavior can be a valuable clue to their strengths. Kids tap into their strengths to get what they want. Use moments of disobedience as an opportunity to discover the treasure behind the disobedience and call your child up into who they are created to be. Continue reading Search for the Treasure Behind the Disobedience
Inner Healing- Genuine, Lasting Relationship
What can you do with the inner devastation caused by the inevitable pain, hurt, and loss of life? God invites you to true inner healing and wholeness. He is Healer, and He invites you to Himself. If you would like more healing and wholeness (for you or someone you love), check into these resources. Continue reading Inner Healing- Genuine, Lasting Relationship
Seen: Healing Despair and Anxiety in Kids and Teens Through the Power of Connection
How can you help a young person drowning in despair and anxiety? The power of connection can have more influence than you imagine. It’s time to show up, see them, just listen, speak life, and build grit. But how? Continue reading Seen: Healing Despair and Anxiety in Kids and Teens Through the Power of Connection
Cancel the Audition
We often live like we are in an audition to win God’s love and favor. What we don’t realize is, the audition was canceled before it even started. What is the antidote to our insecurity? Continue reading Cancel the Audition
Walking Backwards Into the Future
I love the idea of looking forward into all that God has done in the past and trusting Him with what is behind me that I can’t see (the future). This is a very unique view of the past I’m learning from the perspective of Biblical writers. Continue reading Walking Backwards Into the Future
Wait with Me
Those who wait well with another are like diamonds. To those who are waiting with me- thank you for being the arms of God in my life. Waiting well is difficult exercise. Continue reading Wait with Me
Where’s the Love, Mom? Discipline that Connects with your Child’s Heart
My son recently asked me in a discipline moment, “Where’s the love, Mom?” During discipline is perhaps the most important time for me to make clear to my child, “You are loved no matter what.” But not like a Band-Aid, “I love you….but…” Continue reading Where’s the Love, Mom? Discipline that Connects with your Child’s Heart
Stay Unreduced
When hard things happen in our lives, we have a choice. We can allow them to rob us of the abundant life God designed for us to live in the midst of the pain we are not spared from in a broken world. Or, we can choose to not be reduced by them. Continue reading Stay Unreduced
Naming Emotions for Spouses and Kids
Trouble finding words to name feelings? Improve your relationship with your spouse with this free tool for naming emotions. Help your kids voice their feelings and improve their EQ. Continue reading Naming Emotions for Spouses and Kids
The Comfort Circle
How can you connect (rather than fight) with your spouse over difficult topics and build new neurological patterns in your brain related to relationship as well as healthier patterns in your relationship? How can you teach your kids to do the same? Find out here. Continue reading The Comfort Circle
How Do You Rebuild Trust?
Trust takes a lifetime to build but can be destroyed in a moment. How can it possibly be rebuilt? Defining trust is critical to rebuilding it. Continue reading How Do You Rebuild Trust?
Jim Shirley’s Testimony
This is Jim Shirley’s story of how God pursued him when he was a young marine that wanted nothing to do with God. He also shares a significant event in which God used generosity to teach him a profound lesson. Continue reading Jim Shirley’s Testimony
Prayer for Ukraine
As I watch dear friends flee Ukraine while others stay or go back to minister and/or defend Ukraine, news continues to roll in of Russia bombing neighborhoods, a maternity ward, a nursery school… Continue reading Prayer for Ukraine
Help! I’m Married to Someone with a Victim Love Style.
If your spouse keeps bending over backwards for others and getting hurt themselves, they might have the victim love style. What can you do to help them be fully the person God designed them to be? Continue reading Help! I’m Married to Someone with a Victim Love Style.
100% Accepted
Do you long to be seen, understood, known, valued and accepted? Whatever rejection you may have faced, there is One who sees, knows, values, and stands ready to accept you. Continue reading 100% Accepted
Transformational Parenting for the Victim Love Style
If you feel overwhelmed, helpless, and unsafe, it’s easy for your children to be unprotected and unsafe, too. If you have the Victim Love Style, what can you do to transform your parenting for your children to be able to live their best life. Continue reading Transformational Parenting for the Victim Love Style
Sip Life Slowly and Enjoy It 