By Katie Kafka I am a mountain girl. The landscape captivates me every time. Crisp air, zealous sun, majestic summits, native meadows, delicate flowers, towering trees, meandering trails, rushing waterways to steady reservoirs; God meets me there as I encounter the wonder of my Heavenly Father in the context of His handiwork. Just being there …
Thriving Despite our Scars
By Marlys Burgett I enjoy flower gardening--being outdoors in creation . . . taking a blank piece of lawn . . . digging the soil, nurturing and planting . . . mulching, watering and fertilizing. After winter's thaw and in early spring, I trim and prune the plants down to ground, and then wait until …
Thriving During Uncertain Times
By Bethany Bettenhausen “Come now, you say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.’ Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while …
How to THRIVE When We Feel Shriveled Up and Dry
SUMMER! The season for fun in the sun, rest and relaxation, joy and refreshment. The season when kids are home. All day long. Family vacations. Extra time with extended family. Lots of togetherness. Not a lot of routine. I want summer to last forever. On the other hand, I'm kind of worn out from all …
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Thriving in the Midst of Loss
By Megan Blazek I am currently existing in the middle of a season of mourning. It isn’t a season anyone cares to enter. For my family, it began in April of 2016 when we lost my brother, 21 years my senior, to cancer. My father followed in August of 2016. Immediately following Dad’s death, my …
On Becoming a Morning Person
By Katie Kafka Five twenty in the morning, the relentless buzz of the alarm forces minimal awareness. I am by no means a morning person. With the sun on the verge of a rise, I wrestle through pillows and sheets with shallow levels of perception and yet enough ambition to activate the snooze option. Repeat …
In What Season Does a Soul Thrive?
By Stacey Kuszak If I were to attach a season to thriving, it would be easy to choose summer. After all, it's the season when things are homegrown, the time when people are more apt to slow down and exhale, when everything looks good and tastes good. Yes, it’s easier to thrive in summer than …
5 Ways to THRIVE This Summer
My dream for summer is sunshine, rest, and lazy days (or at least a more relaxed schedule). I crave extra time to connect with family and friends and neighbors, to travel, to invest in the things that matter to me most. Glory! But too often my summer dreams fall short of reality. Faced with more …
The Secret of Being Content
By Sheryl Murray Thriving . . . quite an appropriate summer blog theme--a time of plants sprouting and reaching for the sky and young animals newly born and developing. That’s how I want my faith to be each day. I really want to be thriving--growing daily and reaching for the Son. But sometimes I find myself striving …
From Our Titus Class Teachers …
As a ministry, Titus Women is committed to leading women in three areas – training in God’s Word, learning what worship means, discovering the importance of prayer. So, we’ve designed a class to focus on those areas and put feet to our faith in living them out in the daily moments of life. 3 different …
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