The LIST!

To celebrate our first week of the Just RISE UP! online study let’s have fun with an old LIVE IT OUT! standby…The LIST. This is a fun way to get to know each other. It is also something that keeps me intentionally exploring what I love, what I don’t love, what I’m into these days…just fun lists. Because we have been discussing a Life of Praise from Chapter 1 of Just RISE UP! this week’s list will have a few questions to get us thinking and sharing. Read the LIST prompts below. I’m going to share my answers and I … Continue Reading »»

When My God Shows Off

Everyday I take my “lunch break” and I catch up on the daily news. (I’m a recovering news junkie) With a mouth full of PB&J on wheat bread, a particular story caught my attention. Maybe it was because this story was not about the latest terror or protests or political scandal. Maybe it was because I was just in a quiet, introspective mood…a mood to really think deep about things during my break from writing that day. The Comet has a name: Siding Spring. I honestly don’t know the significance of that name but I like it. Siding Spring made … Continue Reading »»

How Long?

Today I’m excited to participate in the Five Minute Friday writing challenge. The topic for this week is LONG. I’m literally going to set a timer and write for five minutes. Whoa. I’m usually one to deliberate too long and over analyze. But today, I need to just jump in. Is there something that God is calling you to just jump in and do? Pray first! Then jump!   How long? That is the question I ask when God has me in a holding pattern. How long? That is what I chew on when I don’t see any open doors … Continue Reading »»