In this week’s video, Ann admitted that she and God had long had trust issues. Can you relate? If you are having a difficult time trusting God with the hard things in your life, have you ever considered why that is? For the most part, we have trouble trusting someone for one of two reasons: …
Stressed Out? Give Thanks.
There is no doubt we live in a stress-filled society. A recent survey by the American Psychological Association showed 77% of the people surveyed regularly experienced physical symptoms caused by stress, 73% regularly experienced psychological symptoms caused by stress and 48% feel their stress has increased over the past five years. Annual costs to employers in stress …
Emotions: Friend or Foe?
If you’ve been doing your homework this week, you’ve probably had to face some buried emotions as you worked through some hard times in your past or present. I love what Shereen had to share with us this week about emotions. For those of you who missed it, here’s what she had to say: We …
Finding Beauty in the Mess
My flower garden is a mess this morning. My planter of pansies is overrun with grass and weeds due, for the most part, to weeks of neglect. The daisies and lavender that were so vibrant last week are beginning to tarnish with decay. How quickly the beautiful turns ugly. Doesn’t life seem like that some …
Slow it Down
Work deadlines. Business meetings. Dance lessons. Baseball (five games this week). Basketball. Cheer practice. Swimming lessons. Piano lessons. Cooking. Cleaning. Laundry. Dishes. Paying bills. Checking email, voice mail, snail mail, texts. Doctors appointments. Dentist appointments. Hair appointments. Working out. Cleaning up. Winding down. And the list goes on. As a society, our lives are busy, …
Does it Make any Difference?
Here we are between sessions and many of you have had time to think about the video and go a little deeper with the exercises in your workbook. If you are like me, you need a little time to ruminate on what you've been learning. My best time for ruminating usually comes during my morning …
Thankful in All Circumstances
Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NLT) Have you started your list yet? Last night Shereen suggested we take the “Joy Dare” Ann spoke about and begin counting God’s gifts in our lives. This morning my list began with the gentle …
Trying Something New
Our Summer Refresh class starts next Tuesday night. Are you excited? I know I am. For one thing, it's been seven weeks since our last Equip Her bible study and I'm looking forward to seeing many of your smiling faces again. Secondly, we're trying something new here on the blog and I can't wait to see …
Letting Go
Shereen and I watched our sons walk across the stage for their high school diplomas last weekend. A proud and bittersweet moment in any parent’s heart, but maybe it’s especially poignant when it’s your first. Whatever the case, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about letting go. For what is parenting, really, other than a …
Summer Refresh
Here's another peek at the video series we will be doing for five weeks this summer in the Coffee House. (Tuesdays from 7-9 p.m., June 4-July 2) Still need more details? Click here. I hope that sparked your interest. If so, you can register this weekend (May 11-12) at the Spotlight Booth at LBC or …
