Cultivating What Matters

Strategy My theme this year is “Cultivating What Matters” and my word for the year is “Strategy”. We spent all of last year digging into the book of Nehemiah, learning to rebuild with the blueprint found in these passages and finding balance in the rebuilding. As I reflected back on this past year, I wasContinueContinue reading “Cultivating What Matters”

Thanksgiving

Eucharisteo means to give thanks. I give thanks in all things because of what the Lord has done for me. For you. For my family. For all. One of my favorite books is “One Thousand Gifts” by Ann Voskamp. This book propelled my heart into giving thanks in all circumstances. 1 Thessalonians 5:18: “Give thanksContinueContinue reading “Thanksgiving”

Balancing Truth; Security for Life

Psalm 19:7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. Psalm 119:142 Thy righteousness is the everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. Psalm 119:160 The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.ContinueContinue reading “Balancing Truth; Security for Life”

Paying Peter to Give to Paul

Balancing Our Checkbooks Honor the Lord with your first fruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine. Proverbs 3:9-10 ESV Robbing Peter to Pay Paul. My mother used this phrase incessantly. I too adopted it on the regular when my kids wereContinueContinue reading “Paying Peter to Give to Paul”