faith
We Need Connection
Creative connections. According to the National Institute on Aging, social isolation and loneliness lead to higher risks of high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, a weakened immune system, anxiety, depression,…
Read MoreBeing Fully Present Is A Gift
A rough start to the holidays. My holiday season has gotten off to a rough start. I’d planned to serve Thanksgiving dinner at 12:30. At noon, the turkey…
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving!
Being thankful has myriad benefits. Being thankful rewards us with better health, cheerier dispositions and deeper, more meaningful relationships. Thankful people enjoy a stronger sense of well-being, suffer fewer symptoms…
Read MoreWhat Are You Wearing?
When I married Adventure Boy, we greeted guests wearing black, then changed into white for the ceremony to symbolize our new beginning. I’d been through a lot in the…
Read MoreGo After God’s Best!
You are worthy. I met a woman I’ll call Regina at an event where I was teaching women about their worthiness of great love and why they should never settle…
Read MoreHave You Said Yes To Jesus?
That’s why they call it Good News At the close of a weekend retreat at a camp in northern Michigan, Camilla* came to me surrounded by her posse. All weekend…
Read MoreDo You Feel Like God Has Forgotten You?
For months, I had the niggling thought that either I’d misunderstood God’s leading or, worse yet, that he’d forgotten about me. Circumstances made me question God’s providence. I felt all…
Read MoreGo Where You’re Celebrated
Left out, Overlooked, Forgotten The conversation turned awkward with the realization that I hadn’t been included in the festivities my friends were reminiscing about. Not included. Smiling faces beamed in…
Read MoreFaith Over Fear
Facing challenges When I married Adventure Boy, he came with an airplane and a motorcycle which I found quite exhilarating. But then he said to me, “It’s absolutely ridiculous for…
Read MoreKnow God Through His Word
Turmoil enhances listening. Before my husband, Dave, and I were married, he experienced a tunnel of turmoil. His girlfriend left him just weeks before he’d planned to propose. His business…
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