Making Personal Retreats “Mine!”
This is the final post 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 …
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 …
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 …
The Ring and Robe Await!
How low can you go? For many of us, it can be very low, then some. We are good people. High capacity. But something is wrong. When we are out of alignment in some area – living …
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 …
Restoration Road
Roads take us from one place to another. In the Bible, I think about the trek across the Red Sea on dry ground. The road to Emmaus that first day of Easter. The valley of the shadow …
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 …
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 …
Where do you Default?
Stress. I hate that word. It rises up and slaps me in the face. Hard. It reminds me that I am not in control. I long to face life with grace, grit and determination. Unhindered. Free. But …