Tag: new year
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2022 Good List
What a year it’s been! As the new year approaches, I’m following Laura Wifler’s lead and sharing a list of some of the good stuff of 2022. Finishing a 2-year chronological Bible plan; Revelation at Christmas time!! He has come, and He is coming again! Book club with my friends Shannon, Miriam, Abigail and Amelia…
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2021 Good List
#2021goodlist (idea from the fantastic Laura Wifler – check out the hashtags for others!) Songs like “All of Our Tomorrows” help me trust God through today and “Feels Like Home” that help me slow down, be still, and pay attention Being stretched. Often not fun in the moment, but it’s incredible when things that seemed…
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Is Your New Year’s Resolution Biblical?
As a copywriter, one of my tasks is to write marketing materials. Something I’ve learned writing ads, emails, and more is that every goal has another goal behind it. This is called a motive. You may think your goal is to lose weight this year. But what’s the goal behind losing weight? Your motive may…
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Favorites of 2019
Praise God for 2019, and for all He has in store. I hope you’ll be blessed by some of my favorites from 2019. Maybe you’ll find a new favorite for 2020? Though we would ask Him “come in haste,” His patience is our saving grace! Favorite Books Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery The…
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Favorites of 2018
Favorite Books of 2018 Heroes by Iain Murray It’s All Under Control by Jennifer Dukes Lee He is Enough by Asheritah Ciuciu Battle Ready by Kely Balarie High King of Heaven by John MacArthur Favorite Posts of 2018 Does God Want Me to Be Happy? by Lesley Crawford Learning to Love the Unlovely by Rachel…
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Uncovering Ulterior Motives (A Free, Simple Formula)
Sometimes our motives are obvious. Other times, we have ulterior motives guiding us, affecting our decision-making and discernment. For me, guilt has often been an ulterior motive. Every time the teacher reprimanded the whole class for bad behavior instead of singling someone out, I was sure it was all my fault. Even now, if a…
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Recipe for a Wisdom Sandwich
Did you learn to write using the sandwich strategy? Although I’m sure Saul of Tarsus didn’t know this strategy, he did follow the pattern in the famous passage found in Philippians 3:12-14: Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of…
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What Can Separate Us?
Words like those in Romans 8:35-39 tend to come to mind and comfort us in deep hardship, like when facing death, demons, uncertain futures, and the depths suffering. But it isn’t just the “negatives” of life we feel keep us from God. “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?….. For I am convinced that neither…
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Taking Fear Personally
Someone lied to you and you found out. Someone rejected you flat out. Someone ignored you, someone hurt you, someone who was supposed to care for you didn’t. We all have our someones. If we’re honest, everyone we know is a someone; everyone gives us cause for suspicion. I’m not paranoid- many of our fears…
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Bringing the Old Into the New
Living anew amongst old things is tough. Young people working in offices filled with pre-dominantly middle-aged adults know all about that. It’s hard to “be” the change when it seems nothing is changing around you. But it’s also hard to have a set way and to adapt when newness comes along. Middle-aged adults in…