How My Experience Helped Me BUILD My Best Life
It Can Help You Do the Same Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve focused on getting ready for the new year. First, we talked about the importance of having a plan. Then we discussed breaking those goals down into smaller, manageable pieces through prioritization. This week, we’re focusing on something just as important: taking intentional action if you really want things to be different. It’s a lesson I learned, not from theory, but […]
Let’s Have a Word
A Word for the Year Can Help Us Focus For the past couple of years, Pastor Lisa has shared about choosing a Word for the Year. She has given the congregation the opportunity to draw a word randomly from a basket filled with them. I’ve participated in this practice, and I’ve found it to be very beneficial. Pastor Lisa shared that her word for 2025 was healing. At first, she expected it to be physical. She […]
You Need to Prioritize If You Are Going to Accomplish Your Goals
It Comes Down to Making a Choice Last week, we talked about goal setting and planning for the future. This is a big undertaking and can feel overwhelming fast. Where do I start? How do I know what I should do? What makes one thing more important than another? When the to-do list is long, it’s hard to know where to start. Wouldn’t it be nice if someone would just tell you what to […]
Where Can We Find Love?
We Can Find It in A Barn This is the final week of Advent, and this brings us to LOVE. The world teaches us that we need to be worthy to be loved and most don’t deserve it. This is not God’s love. God’s love is the opposite. This is made evident in Luke 2:8-20. The first people the angels told about Jesus’ coming, after Mary […]
A Plan for Building Your Best Life
This Starts with Setting Goals We’re coming to the end of another year already. It’s amazing how fast they go by. There are so many things that I wanted to get done and didn’t. That is a good reason to have a plan for the coming year. Even though I didn’t get everything done, I […]
Where Can We Find Joy?
We Find It in Unexpected Places As we continue through this Advent season, in this third week we turn our focus to joy. Joy isn’t the same as happiness. They’re very similar, but they are not the same thing. Most dictionaries consider them to be synonymous. If you’re joyous, you’re happy, right? Wrong. Joy and […]
Small Actions Can Have Big Effects
Being Aware of This Is Important I got a text this morning regarding a little thing that caused some big changes. Our township’s old road grader needed repairs that were going to cost more than the grader was worth. We’ve been working to get it replaced for weeks. We found a good used grader and […]
Where Do We Find Peace?
By Putting Our Trust in the Right Place Last week we began this Advent season by discussing hope. This week’s focus is peace. It can be hard to find peace in the crazy, busy, chaotic time of the year. Wilma’s children’s message made this point using a snow globe. When we shake a snow globe, […]
Too Much Planning Is Not Good
Find the Balance of Planning and Doing I’m an overthinker. I can spend a lot of time thinking through things before taking action. This isn’t always bad, but it often reduces productivity. On the other hand, diving into things too quickly can lead to mistakes, wasted effort, and having to back up and change course. […]
Where Can We Find Hope?
Hope Is What Keeps Us Going Advent began this past Sunday and goes until Christmas Eve. It is a season observed in most Christian denominations as a time of waiting and preparation for both the celebration of Jesus’ birth at Christmas and the return of Christ at the Second Coming. There are four different themes of Advent: hope, peace, joy, and love. These aren’t just […]