What Brings Joy to Your Heart?
When do you feel joy? What does it feel like? Rick Warren defines joy: Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, the quiet confidence that ultimately everything is going to be alright, and the determined choice to praise God in...
Review by Rayna: Choose to THRIVE
Choose to THRIVE is a challenging book written for high-achieving women. Debbie's style of direct and to the point communication style is refreshing. She openly shares her challenges and life experience in order to encourage her reader to address her own issues. In...
Finding HOPE While Living with Loss
Finding HOPE While Living with Loss Loss has visited close to home recently. From a good friend who lost her mom to a dear friend who lost her battle with cancer. Loss is difficult for everyone. How do we find hope in the midst of loss is a difficult question to...
Review by Rayna: The Kindness Challenge
The Kindness Challenge: 30 Days to Improve Any Relationship I am a big fan of Shaunti Feldhahn’s books. I love the way research helps us understand ourselves and others better. The Kindness Challenge is no different! One of the most interesting facts...
Do You See Your Spouse as Grace from God?
As Valentine’s Day arrived this year I received a very sweet card from my farmer. He is usually the funny card kind guy so the card he chose for me this year really touched me. I am so thankful for him in my life. Moving beyond divorce and the disappointment, shame...
How to Navigate Life with a Personal Manifesto
During life transitions just making simple decisions can cause you to become completely overwhelmed. We often try to function on autopilot, unfortunately instead we just get pulled in whatever direction the crisis is that is right in front of us wants us to go....
Review by Rayna: Overwhelmed: How to Quiet the Chaos & Restore Your Sanity
Overwhelmed is one of the best books I have read. I don’t feel that I am a person who sits in overwhelm very often but I learned a lot from Kathi and Cheri’s book. The goal of the book is to help us learn to: expand our capacity for joy regardless of life...
Find Your Purpose for the New Year
I needed this today. I don't know about you but all this HAVING TO LIVE EVERY MOMENT ON PURPOSE is STRESSING me out. As I prayed about it today the Lord assured me to rest in Him and He has got this. He said to be sure to stay close to Him but He is not going to...
Learning to Embrace Change
Change is something I've always resisted. From the time I was 13- years old and my dad announced we were moving from my small Midwestern hometown to a quaint "village" in Pennsylvania, to all the current changes, including retiring from my day job. Change is hard no...
Challenges of the Sandwich Generation: Learning to Celebrate All of Life
It won't be long 'til we say hello to our baby granddaughter! I learned today that I'm part of the Club Sandwich generation. According to Wikipedia, we're typically in our 50's or 60's sandwiched between aging parents, adult children, and grandchildren. I guess they...
Review by Rayna: Looking for Lovely
Looking for Lovely:Collecting the Moments that Matter Annie F. Downs is another of those authors who shares the true nitty gritty of her life. She lays it all out in this latest book. Though a popular author she found herself in a place she calls her broken crazy. ...
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