Posts Tagged ‘perspective’
My Prayer for 2015
Happy New Year! As we step into 2015, here’s my prayer: Heavenly Father, Thank you for the gift of a new year. Thank you that you know what each day will hold and You will guide us, strengthen us, and enable us. Help us to be still and know that You are God (Psalm 46:10).…
Read MoreFive Minute Friday: Prepare
Five Minute Friday is a weekly challenge for bloggers where we are given a prompt and write for five minutes. Then we share the results with the Five Minute Friday community on Kate’s blog. Come join us! When we think of Christmas, we think of preparing: Preparing food – like special cookies, fruitcake, pecan pie…
Read MoreChoosing Joy
For the past week and a half I’ve been participating in Pam Farrel’s Red Hot Wives Challenge. This morning I woke up feeling BLASE: bla·sé bläˈzā/ adjective adjective: blasé unimpressed or indifferent to something because one has experienced or seen it so often before. God’s timing is always perfect. This morning, the challenge focused on…
Read MoreFree Christmas Short Story!
This month I would like to give you a Christmas short story called Hope for Jimmy. All you need to do to receive this story is fill in the form below with your name, e-mail address, and tell me what you’d like me to blog about in the coming year. I hope this story…
Read MoreNAME Conference: Men and Women Relieve Stress Differently
“The right amount of stress allows you to be everything God created you to be. We need to keep stress at a level to be productive.” Bill & Pam Farrel The following information was shared by Bill & Pam Farrel at the 2014 NAME Marriage Conference. Women de-stress by talking things out (Stress = like…
Read MoreA Blue Day
The above picture was taken last year, but this morning the view out my window is similar. I need to leave for work in 30 minutes and have many things I could be doing right now, but God has impressed on my heart that I need to write this post. Maybe it’s for you. As…
Read MoreNAME Conference: Thoughts on Marriage from Dale & Loredanna Reddekopp AND Five Minute Friday
This is my second post about the NAME Conference my husband and I attended in November. The first post was about how men and women relate differently. Dale and Loredanna Reddekopp shared in the second main session. They are a committed husband and wife team, the parents of two incredible adult children and one great…
Read MoreNAME Marriage Conference: Men and Women Relate Differently
This past week, my husband and I had the opportunity to attend the NAME Marriage Conference in Edmonton. In the next few weeks I’ll be sharing some of the nuggets of wisdom that were shared at the conference. Bill and Pam Farrel shared with candor and humor. Their first session was about how we relate…
Read MoreAlzheimer’s/Caregivers Blog Tour, & 5 Minute Friday
President Ronald Reagan designated November as National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month in 1983. At the time, fewer than 2 million Americans had Alzheimer’s; today, the number of people with the disease has soared to nearly 5.4 million (Alzheimer’s Association, 2014). The Author Community of Helping Hands Press is getting involved in November, and hopes to…
Read MoreNew Release: Uplifting Devotionals for Parents
I’m happy to announce that Uplifting Devotionals for Parents is now available as an e-book. Have you ever wanted to resign from parenting? The responsibility is overwhelming some days. Thankfully, we don’t have to parent in our own strength. God walks with us each day, strengthening us, guiding us, and giving us wisdom – if…
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