The Power of Personal Retreats
Welcome! This week begins a 7-part series on Personal Retreats that Brenda wrote for Everyone a Missionary in 2007. We also ran this series in 2016. “You want me to do what?” I had just been asked to go …
A Stance of Stillness
The majesty of God is revealed when we step outside. But unless we take a stance of stillness, much is missed in the blur of motion and commotion. When we pause, quiet and still – we notice … …
Personalized Retreat – Make It Happen
In this issue: Do you have questions? Breakthroughs! An encouraging word Questions/Breakthroughs! Do you have a question, an “ah ha,” a tip, tool, or breakthrough? We are in this together and would love to hear from you …
5-Minute Breather
Minutes matter. It is in my nature to eyeball grocery store checkout lanes to calculate the fastest one . . . because minutes matter to me. Time matters to God. Time, specifically – time set apart to …
Retreat this Fall!
King David was a man of retreat! Psalm 142 was a prayer written by David while retreating in a cave. When was the last time you went on a retreat? Retreats are good for the soul. Timothy …
Predictable Prayer
Do you love a little person – or a bunch of little people between the ages of 1 and 18? (They don’t even have to live under your roof.) This post is for you. Think Because that’s …
Meeting with God
Two scriptural accounts have formed my “knowing” God. Be still and know that I am God… Psalm 46:10a Satisfied While growing up, a picture of God’s loving care, which captured my heart was a nursing mother with …
God Speaks
God speaks to us through creation. He speaks to us through his Word. God speaks to us through quiet hearts. When I was little, I was baffled—BAFFLED—by Jesus’ desire to pray. “Why would Jesus want to pray? Prayer …
Remember the Sabbath
God says, “Remember the Sabbath. I forget. I forget a lot. Even though this commandment gets little attention, it’s an easy one to “keep” by most standards. You to church and 60 minutes later the duty is …
Are You Guilt-Driven or Spirit-Led?
Why Rest? In the last months of her life, I met a woman named Kathryn, wife and mother of two lovely young girls. Kathryn was fighting colon cancer. We were both newcomers to a Sunday morning Bible …