“Should a Pastor invite parishioners over to their home?” I was asked that question while on a women’s ministry panel last week. My 30 second response time brought out the quick answer of “Absolutely!” Which in hindsight was possibly very discouraging to the one who texted in that question to the panel. My quick answer possibly … Continue reading
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Follow the Pattern (Five Minute Friday)
Happy Friday everyone! We are linking up with Kate Motaung and the Five Minute Friday gang. We link up here and share together on our writing prompt for the week. This week’s prompt is: FOLLOW GO Frustration was mounting and it just wasn’t making any sense. “I don’t even understand how to do this!” I … Continue reading
How He meets a Small Need in a Surprising Way
I’m watching as the birds fly one by one into my garden and get busy. They’re all gathering sticks, leaves and hay stubble for their nests. Last fall, we dumped all our leaves into the garden and now it’s like a giant IKEA store for birds. I’m thinking they’ve shared this information with their friends because I … Continue reading
Four Ways to Stay Focused
Do you ever have those moments when your schedule and to-do list feel overwhelming and out of control? I’m having one of those moments today. There are things that must be done. Work that must be completed. Assignments and deadlines are looming over my head. I have writing, sermon prep, event promotion and a long … Continue reading
What To Do When I Have to Wait
As a child, spring time meant blooming flowers and running barefoot. When the first flower buds appeared I would watch in anticipation, waiting for them to open up. I could see the bud growing and colors emerging behind the sepals. And I would wait. But as a little girl, I wasn’t always patient and I … Continue reading
When Striving for Perfect Gets in the Way of Living
While scrolling through Facebook, my eyes fell on a status of a friend. Her husband was congratulating her on her flower arrangements being used in Style Me Pretty’s photo shoot. How very exciting for her! That’s a big deal! For every click on that link it will bring advertising to her flower arrangements. It’s great … Continue reading
Random Things I’ve Learned this Month
We have come to the end of another month and I can honestly say I think I was in a drug induced coma through more than half of it because I can’t remember where all those days went. Today we are linking up with Emily Freeman over at Chatting at the Sky with her blog post on … Continue reading
Tripping Over Typeset 