When Work Feels Like Work – Week Five

I’m an achiever. I love the feeling of accomplishing something, of seeing it the whole way through. Checking something off the list brings a certain satisfaction. Seeing results and impact…

When Work Feels Like Work – Week Four

Work. How do you feel when you hear the word? I don’t know about you, but contemplating “work” doesn’t usually fill me with a warm, fuzzy feeling. Even though I…

When Work Feels Like Work – Week Three

As we continue our series on work today, we will be exploring the third principle – frustration is a normal part of work, even if you are in the exact…

When Work Feels Like Work – Week Two

Last week we started our series about work, considering what we do when our work feels like, well – just work. The truth is, not every day leaves us feeling…

When Work Feels Like Work – Week One

If you took a tour of my home, you would notice I love books. You would also observe my ambition to read outpaces my actual reading, resulting in piles of…

Right Where You Are – Week Five

Often our dreams for tomorrow can leave us paralyzed today. We become focused on what we don’t have, can’t see, or don’t understand; we are stuck. But it doesn’t have…

Right Where You Are – Week Four

During my college years, I was a summer camp chaperone for my church. Surprisingly even though I was only a few years older, they gave me responsibility for a roomful…

Right Where You Are – Week Three

I often wonder if I am underperforming, missing out, or falling short of God’s call. I question if I am pleasing God or simply settling. As uncomfortable as this place…

Right Where You Are – Week Two

In her book, Beholding and Becoming: The Art of Everyday Worship, author Ruth Chou Simons invites us to consider the words of an eighteenth-century poet, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Cease…

A Perspective Shift – Week Two

The crowds followed Him everywhere. Each stop along the way, their adoration grew. Surely this man Jesus was the Messiah, the Savior, their long-awaited hope. He healed the sick, taught…