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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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ON YOUR MARK! (GET SET, GO!)

This is part 6 of a 7-part series on Personal Retreats that Brenda wrote for Everyone a Missionary in 2007. We also ran this series in 2016.Click here if you would like to start at the beginning of the series. Jesus’ getaway …

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Table for Two

This is part 5 of a 7-part series on Personal Retreats that Brenda wrote for Everyone a Missionary in 2007. We also ran this series in 2016. Click here if you would like to start at the beginning of the series. The third faith-factor we …

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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 …

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Kingdom Work is Team Work!

Gifts and special donations came in to Run Hard. Rest Well. (RHRW) this fall totaling more than $18,000. Thank you. Thank you for your prayers! Thank you for your support. Together we can bring God’s design for …

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Good Medicine!

I don’t know Lisa in person (yet!), but she makes me laugh. Hard! Our sons are college roommates and Joe sends me her FB posts from time to time. Lisa is a real mom on a mission …

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The Art of “No” – The Power of “Yes”

As people of purpose, our passions run high, yet the daily whirlwind is real – and often daunting. It can suck us in and sit us out. Demands and opportunities surface, emerge, and pile up, whittling away …

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The Art of “Yes” – The Power of “No”

As people of purpose, our passions run high, yet the daily whirlwind is real – and often daunting. It can suck us in and sit us out. Demands and opportunities surface, emerge, and pile up, whittling away …

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From the Mountain Tops!

The phone call was familiar and affirming. After hearing a woman’s beautiful, “Run Hard. Rest Well.” story of transformation, she sighed deeply. “Brenda, if we (the church) don’t learn how to rest, we’re going to self-destruct. Keep …

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