Transform your life. Transform the world.
What does it mean to be the body of Christ? I saw last week how powerful this concept is. When people get together and use their strengths to represent Christ, amazing things happen! “Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are […]
Gatlinburg wildfires have destroyed 700 homes and killed at least 11 people this week. I have always loved Gatlinburg. It is my favorite place in the world to visit. I love the mountains and the people in this area! It has been very dry this Fall. A wind storm caused fires moved so fast in […]
50% of teens are addicted to their phones according to CNN. According to one study published in the Huffington Post, 40% of parents observed eating out with children were interacting with their phone more than their children. A study at Pennsylvania University found that 75% of women feel like phones and other electronic devices are […]
Are you looking for a meaningful way to connect with God through Scripture but are afraid that you don’t have time to add one more thing into your already busy day? I came across the practice of Scripture writing about a year ago and I have found it to be a great way to begin […]
“Some people die at twenty-five and then they are buried at seventy-five.” This is the first quote (attributed to Ben Franklin) in the life changing book, Subversive Jesus: An Adventure in Justice, Mercy, and Faithfulness in a Broken World. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to truly follow God’s call? To be […]
I fell in love with Respire Haiti after I read the book Miracle on Voodoo Mountain (you can buy this amazing book by clicking on the title for the affiliate link) by Megan Bourdeaux. Megan, at the age of 24, goes on a business trip to a medical clinic in Haiti in August 2010 and […]
If you are in the midst of a challenging situation right now, you may thinking about the past and focusing on the good times you had. Even if there were plenty of difficult times in the past, we tend to glorify the “old days” forgetting about the struggles and only thinking about the good times. […]
Do you feel like your life is overflowing with stuff? Are your drawers and closets filled to the brim? Do you have trouble remembering if you have an item or finding it? If you are ready to get rid of the things you don’t need so that you can free up time to take care […]
Like all good stories, this one starts at the beginning. The first choice I ever had that I knew would change the course of my life came when I was 17 years old and found out I was pregnant. It was the summer before my senior year of high school. No one would have expected […]
How do some people thrive in the face of adversity and others crumble? Recently I have been reflecting on what it is we do to live our best life. What is different about those who succeed against all odds versus those who make one tragic decision after another? I think that a lot of it has […]
