Are You Listening to God to Change Your Life?
Are you listening to God and allowing His voice to change your life? Or are you only hearing Him and letting what He says run past your life? A friend and I were talking about conversations with God. She asked me if I thought prayer was hearing God or listening to...
How to Write Your Own God Story
I am currently writing a book on how God speaks to us in authentic prayer conversations. Some days, the resistance to sit down to write has astounded me As I was reading Psalm 78 recently, the reason to write our God prayer conversation stories stood out to me: We...
Circles of Influence – How Do You Reach Out?
In the midst of what is happening in the world around me, I find myself in two camps. I either want to hide my head, go into hibernation and wake up when things return to “normal” or I am wringing my hands, sick to my stomach, anxious over the world’s state of...
The Both/And Approach to Life Right Now
After three months of facing the ambiguity of living with covid 19, how are you doing? March 11th started the official pandemic. You've been in a time warp for three months. Take this quiz by answering yes, no or sometimes to the following statements to see how...
How a Lament Lets You Be Honest and Not Lose Hope
How honest are you these days in your prayers? Are you letting God know your pain and sorrow over everything that is occurring in your life and the world around you? The loss of jobs? The protests? The politics? The distance between families? Watching the news...
Where is Wisdom-Searching for God in a Chaotic World
With the world beginning to open back up again after being sheltered at home,, things feel chaotic to me. Do you wear a mask at this store, but not at that store? What time do I go get my plants for my flower pots so it won’t...
4 Promises God Provides to Overcome Our Fears
Throughout the shelter in place time in our state during the pandemic, I have ordered my groceries and had them put in my trunk. This last week, I ventured into a store to get a couple more things. I had my mask on and went inside. Some people had masks on, some...
How to Find Peace for Your Soul in Chaotic Times
For those of you who live in Wisconsin, you know the chaotic times of laws being challenged over COVID-19. Are stores open or not? What are the expectations when you go out to get a hair cut, eat at a restaurant or even go to church? And even if you don’t live in...
How Willing are You to Listen to God?
When someone asks you, are you willing to.... what is your initial response? If you are like me, it depends on who is doing the asking. My willingness to respond to a request has a lot to do with the relationship I have with the person doing the asking. I realized...
3 Ways Spring is Good For Your Soul
Depending on where you live, spring may be in full swing or just beginning to peak its head out. Here in Wisconsin, the grass is greening, the leaves are beginning to come out and the hostas are poking their heads out of the ground. The yellow and white daffodils...
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