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Turning Up The Light Blog
Since March 8th is celebrated as International Women’s Day, I’d like to dedicate this blog to lift up women around the globe. No matter where we live, no matter what our back story may be, we can learn from one another and equip each other to do the work we do in the world. Women […]
It gave me great joy recently to spend time with a couple hundred amazing women and talk about prayer. Prayer is one of those topics that pulls us together in a sense of community and it also gives us a chance to be close to God in real and personal ways. Sometimes we can pray […]
Most of us feel uncertain when we’re surrounded by darkness. Dark country roads and dark city streets can shake us up a bit, reminding us how vulnerable we are. We hear more sudden noises and see more shadows in the tiny bits of light around us. Even childhood images of being in dark places flash […]
Sometimes, I look at the woman in the mirror and I try to imagine what I would do differently if I could start again. What if I could turn back time, have the perspective I have now, and make wiser choices. What if I could get it right more often, follow the rules more clearly, […]
Making progress! Moving on! Yes, that’s what we want. We want to feel like we’re getting somewhere and that what we’re doing is worth the effort. We want to stop looking back and just keep our faces toward the sun. Oh, that sounds good! So, what gets in the way? Why is it that we […]
Ever since the New Year began, my phone has been blowing up with scammers! They come with bold, bald-faced lies of everything and anything they can do to get me to fall for their scheme. “Oh, you can now drive your car again,” said one. Well, I never stopped driving my car, so that one […]
So, what if Valentine’s Day, coming your way tomorrow, was not a greeting card holiday? What if it actually meant something? Something important? Personally, I don’t think Valentine’s Day is a greeting card holiday. I think it’s something much deeper, much more interesting, and much more loving than that. I think it’s the assignment that […]
Back in the early 50’s, J.B.Phillips published a book called Your God Is Too Small. I remember reading the book early on in my faith journey, but it strikes me that it is almost more profound today than it was then. After all, some of us have lost sight of who God is, and others […]
Some of us show up pretty regularly at God’s doorstep. Generally, we’ve got our hat in our hands and we’re hoping we might share the things on our minds. We come with a sense that this is the place to be, the right thing to do, but with a nagging uncertainty about whether God will […]
Most of us believe in God with our whole hearts. We trust that He is with us through the ups and downs of life. We hold on to Him when things get shaky. Most of the time! What happens though when something is beyond our ability to simply keep believing? What happens when the events […]
