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Goal Setting Part 5: Tips and Tools for Time Management

Time. It’s a great equalizer, isn’t it? Everyone has the exact same amount of time in a day, a week, a month, a year. The clock ticks are the same for you as they are for me. For the CEO of a fortune 500 company and for the homeless person on the street. We can’t… Continue reading Goal Setting Part 5: Tips and Tools for Time Management

Goals, Journal, My Story, Prayer

Tips On How To Keep A Prayer Journal

I haven’t always kept a prayer journal. In fact, this is a recent (like within the last year, recent) spiritual discipline I’ve determined to be more diligent about. I will share how He changed me through this discipline at the end. See, I used to only pray when I felt like it. When I needed… Continue reading Tips On How To Keep A Prayer Journal

Bible Study Tips, Devotionals, Journal, My 15 Minutes

Tips On How to Keep a Bible Study Journal

Ok, you guys, here is a page from one of my personal Quiet Time Journals. Ignore the spelling and grammar errors, please. 🙂 Keeping a Bible study journal is my favorite way to engage with Scripture in my quiet time. It helps me process what I’m reading and slows me down so what I’m reading… Continue reading Tips On How to Keep a Bible Study Journal

Bible Study Tips, Journal, Prayer

Goal Setting Part 4: Revamping our Spiritual Life

Watch the Facebook Live video for this post, here Goal setting in your spiritual life? It’s a strange concept, isn’t it? Maybe not. If anything, we’re wise to be mindful of our relationship with God and seek ways to improve it. Because let’s face it, if we’re estranged from God, it's us who moved away…not… Continue reading Goal Setting Part 4: Revamping our Spiritual Life

Jesus in Everyday Life

Goal Setting Part 3: New Pathways and New Habits

    When I was a little girl one of my favorite things was the first “Big Snow!” (4-6”) Okay, Minnesota Girl here, stick with me. I would call my friends, and we would gather at our favorite sledding hill. Once there, we would climb the hill, careful to go through the trees on the… Continue reading Goal Setting Part 3: New Pathways and New Habits

Christmas, Journey To Bethlehem

Journey to Bethlehem: O Come All Ye Faithful

And so it begins. Do you feel like Christmas has snuck up on us? I sure do. I’m having a hard time believing we start December in just a few days. Thanksgiving was just last week as it seems like it was yesterday. Even as I look at my office right now, I see gifts… Continue reading Journey to Bethlehem: O Come All Ye Faithful

Journal

Goal Setting Part 2: Declaring Your End Point and Needed Resources

Determining what you’re going to need to conquer your goals is a critical and often missed step in goal setting.Okay, so it’s a critical step I missed. Often. But I discovered something amazing…when I spent a little time determining what I needed or was missing to reach my goals, I was much, much more successful.… Continue reading Goal Setting Part 2: Declaring Your End Point and Needed Resources

Goals, Reflect, Your Purpose

Goal Setting: Determining Home Base

*A quick P.S.A. announcement:I recently became an Amazon affiliate to offset my writing costs. So the next time you shop on Amazon, use my link, first! This is a win-win because It’s ABSOLUTELY FREE for you Supports this blog and ministry by providing a commission on everything you purchase (The Amazon link is also on… Continue reading Goal Setting: Determining Home Base

Jesus in Everyday Life, My Publishing Journey, Trusting God, Waiting Well

Waiting Well–When the Answer Comes

It was Halloween. I was at my chiropractor’s office and my phone vibrated, signaling an email delivery to my author account. It was an email from Kathleen Kerr from Harvest House Publishers… After a long time of Waiting Well, my answer arrived… My stomach was in knots. The back of my neck was hot and… Continue reading Waiting Well–When the Answer Comes

Jesus in Everyday Life, My Publishing Journey, My Story, Waiting Well

Waiting Well–Be Still

Being still is not my strong suit. Waiting and patience… …even less so. As I write this, I’m walking on my treadmill instead of sitting at my desk. I’ve learned the hard way, when I sit too long I get fidgety and bored and distraction snaps at my heels. So I walk to help maintain… Continue reading Waiting Well–Be Still