Apr 4, 2015 | Bible Study, Devotions, Faith, HaveEyestoSee, Other, Practicing Love, Prayer, Trust in God, Waiting
The gifts of the Master are these: freedom, life, hope, new direction, transformation, and intimacy with God. If the cross was the end of the story, we would have no hope. But the cross isn’t the end. Jesus didn’t escape from death; he conquered it and...
Apr 19, 2015 | Marriage and Family, Practicing Love, The Waiting Room, Waiting, Writing
I should have remembered, though, that the life of the spirit is never static. We’re born on one level, only to find some new struggle towards wholeness gestating within. That’s the sacred intent of life, of God—to move us continuously toward growth,...
Jul 8, 2015 | Be Remarkable, Be Remarkable eCourse, Be Remarkable Webinar, Community, Conversation, Life Coaching, Other, Spiritual Formation
Unfortunately, our life may look like a formless tangle of limbs and branches than a precisely pruned tree. We struggle to determine which limbs and branches are essential and which are superfluous; which bear fruit and which merely use nourishment. With a...
Dec 4, 2015 | Blog, Devotions, emotional health and wellbeing, Prayer, Spiritual Formation, The 12 Practices, The 12 Practices
One Sure-Fired Way to Add Peace and Calm to Your Day Ok, it’s here. The holiday hustle and bustle. Lists of things to do. Places to be. Gifts to buy. It’s a list that can go on and on an on. So today I’m asking you to add one seemingly impossible...
Jan 7, 2016 | Be Remarkable eCourse, Blog, emotional health and wellbeing, Prayer, Strength for Hard Times, The 12 Practices
The day I was given a new name: Makena, Kikuyu (Kenya) for “Full of joy; The Happy One.” The single most effective way to turbocharge your joy is to make a gratitude visit. That means writing a testimonial thanking a teacher, pastor or grandparent—anyone...