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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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Run Hard. Rest Well. Life Coaching

An Invitation for Life Coaching Is it a NEXT STEP in your RUN HARD. REST WELL. journey?   Hello. My name is Bernardine Eckelkamp. I am a life coach who specializes in helping others navigate life transitions …

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Permission Slip!

My dear friends, here are some Permission Slips for you to use. Each one is inspired by the One who loves you, made you, and calls you by name. Jesus says to us today . . . …

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