So you agonized over your personal Word of the Year (WOTY) and finally arrived at the perfect mantra, focus, challenge, etc… but now what? I suggest you find a way to VISUALIZE your Word in a way that tangibly brings it (or it’s meaning) to mind every day. Here are 7 of my favorite ideas:…
Category: Abundant Living
5 Ways to Use a “Word of the Year”
The New Year is still new, my friends! If you are still contemplating why you should choose a Word of the Year, I have some ideas for you. Here are 5 ways a word can positively influence your life in 2018! But first, let me introduce my Word for 2018: Advocate. This word is probably…
My New Year’s Yoga Flow Playlist
One of the highlights of 2017 was learning to meditate on the loving care God has for me. The unexpected catalysts this contemplative practice was a yoga class. The only spiritual connections I have made in yoga are with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I am VERY intentional about setting my mind on things…
What to Wear on Your First Day of School
After 6 years out of the classroom, I enrolled in an exercise class at our local community college this semester. Last Monday, I got to experience all the excitement of a “first day of school” again. This shouldn’t mean much to a 28 year old momma of toddlers. However, after hanging out all summer with…
3 Tips For Planning a Christ-Centered Bachelorette Party
I am getting a new sister-in-law in less than 10 days! I am thrilled to celebrate the wedding of Shane’s brother Brandon to his high-school sweetheart Taylor. But I have a strange confession: I might be even more pumped for her bachelorette party! A bride may have many types of pre-wedding parties to celebrate the…
Experiencing the Power of God (A Call to Break the Binge-Watch)
Power. I figured out my word for 2016. I thought it was going to be flourish. But as I look back over the last few weeks, I see the word POWER all over the place: my journal, my Spotify playlist, my work-out diary. This year, I want to tangibly experience Gods power in my…
Release: Letting Go of Last Season’s Expectations
These last few months, I have enjoyed a season of confidence and competence in managing my home, my social life, ministry, and mothering. It wasn’t perfect, but I had some weeks where I got all the laundry and the dishes done each day. And I didn’t have to compromise my connection with God, my husband,…
Redesign the Schedule: Refocus Challenge Week 5
These past 5 weeks have given me much-needed perspective and focus. The season has turned, and we are fully launched into the fall semester/season of ministry and family life. With the truth of my identity in Christ fully remembered, and the purpose for my life in full focus (to know God more intimately in every…
Renounce the Rush & Retake the Space: Refocus Challenge Week 5
Renounce the Rush We often don’t hear the voice of God when we are serving the voice of busyness. In her book, The Best Yes, Lisa Terkeurst comments: “A woman who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule with often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul.” I plan to reconstruct my…
Reprioritize the Important: Refocus Challenge Week 5
Do you ever feel like the day just got away from you? Its the end of the day, but you have to make sense of the chaotic covers on the bed you never got a chance to make that morning. The to-do list is looming over your head, with hardly as many check marks as you’d hoped…