self care

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 …

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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 …

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June 7th Fort Wayne Retreat

Vantage Point Retreat: A New View of Rest, Rhythm, and the Work of God Thursday, June 7th @ The Summit in Ft. Wayne, IN 12:30 to 5:00 PM $39 – special summer-time offer   Retreat! It is …

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Do Men and Women Rest Differently?

The question before us: Do men and women rest differently? Yes we do—just like men and women do just about everything differently. My husband, Tim, played an integral part in teaching me about rest. It was not an …

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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 …

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Free Giveaways from Sheila Walsh

The featured image is used with permission from Harper Collins Publishers. The original image can be found here.   I have never met Sheila Walsh, but I would enjoy some time in her company. She loves Jesus. …

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14 Ideas to Combat Cortisol

The definition of insanity has played a part in altering the terrain of my life and heart on a number of occasions. Have you ever heard it? The definition of insanity is doing what you’ve always done, but expecting different results. The …

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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 …

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That Which Refreshes

Roadblocks Buried in the collective mindset of Western culture and deep within our own hearts is the notion that rest is not an activity for the movers and shakers of this world. Rest is not for the …

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What’s Your Price Tag?

There is a price to be paid for our chronic exhaustion. For some people it’s apparent in the here and now: fleeting joy, fragmented relationships. Sometimes it comes and goes: bouts of sleepless nights, depression, illness. Some …

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