Brenda

Spread Too Thin

As you navigate through the joys and challenges of the summer, are you attempting “to be all things to all people?” or “all things to a few people?” Is guilt nipping at your heels?  Male or female, …

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Come Away!

Come! Come Away! Jesus extended this invitation to his closest friends when he walked this earth, and it is an invitation He continues to extend today. To you. To me. Come! Enjoy a day at camp this …

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Simple Summer Joys)

Today’s post was originally published in June 2016. We hope you enjoy it! Ready for summer?  It’s here – with an invitation to things we often neglect. I’ve got 2 “assignments” for you today. One. If you’ve …

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Compassion Fatigue: Life in the Trench

This is the third of a three part series Brenda wrote in the fall of 2017. Some of us are living life “in over our heads” meeting critical needs of others morning, noon, and night. Boundaries blur. …

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After the Hurricane – The Messy Middle

This is the second of a three part series Brenda wrote in the fall of 2017. The evening news is strangely quiet about the monumental hurricane relief effort underway in the south, as well as the Caribbean …

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After the Hurricane Hits

This is the first of a three part series Brenda wrote in the fall of 2017. Some of us watched images of TRAGEDY flicker on a screen before us this September as destructive hurricanes tore through the islands of …

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