20 Monday Feb 2012
Posted in Faith, Humor, Noteworthy Days
oh hi Monday.
“oh hi monday” traces back to this original post here.
I hate strongly dislike the stigma of everyone is automatically to have the “Monday icks”.
BUT I’m aiming to thwart Monday’s ick-power with bits of joy. In essence – you the readers own this post – here’s how it works: Continue reading »
17 Friday Feb 2012
Posted in Coaching, Confession / Truth in Love, Faith, Rambles and Rants
“When you’re a baby, you are God-like.” These—the words from a well-known Episcopalian priest. For some, those words are shocking. Maybe edging heresy. But for me, it was like new flavor of double-creamed-ice-cream.
Cool. Refreshing. Thick. Delicious.
Melting inside and making me…happy.
His words made my mind wander. Wander with me for a moment… Continue reading »
13 Monday Feb 2012
Posted in Faith, Humor, Noteworthy Days
oh hi Monday.
“oh hi monday” traces back to this original post here.
I hate strongly dislike the stigma of Monday. All our talk of Monday being “ick” just makes it worse. There are coffee cups, t-shirts, bumper stickers, all talking about Monday being the worse day of the week. And I get that.
BUT I’m aiming to thwart Monday’s ick-power with bits of joy. You own this post – here’s how it works: Continue reading »
10 Friday Feb 2012
Posted in Coaching, Faith, Rambles and Rants
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Christian Living, Christianity, Coaching, Faith, Hope, Inspiration, Og Mandino, The Greatest Salesman in the World
Today’s post is a bit different. It’s a collection of wisdom taken from a book that took me f.o.r.e.v.e.r. to read. It’s title: ”The Greatest Salesman in the World” by Og Mandino. (if you have time, listen to Og’s story here, you may relate)
The book came into my hands during some years when I didn’t follow Jesus too closely. In fact, I mostly treated Him like a mere acquaintance. I knew Him, we grew up together. But when I moved away to college, we became distant–and never talked. I was busy with all my other fun spiritual guru friends. Continue reading »
06 Monday Feb 2012
Posted in Faith, Humor, Noteworthy Days
Oh Hi Monday.
I got the idea of “oh hi monday” from a simple quote, that seems untraceable back to its rightful owner (author). I posted it here.
Monday is a day we have to crank back up the power–and often the anxiety–and fast pace we must run during the week.
I hate that. And I’m aiming to attempt to thwart Monday’s power with a little bit of joy. So here’s the deal Continue reading »
03 Friday Feb 2012
Posted in Coaching, Confession / Truth in Love, Faith, Rambles and Rants
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Christian Living, Christianity, Coaching, Faith, Hope, Inspiration, shame
Shem your shame sounds like some new slang. (wait that whole thing rhymes…I’m a poet and didn’t know it).
Actually Shem and Shame have a lot to do with each other. You’ll see why in a minute. One word is Hebrew, the other English. Bet you’re excited for a Hebrew lesson today, right? Okay, hold tight this will come together quickly—I promise.
SHEM –> שֵׁם
Shem is Hebrew. In its script form, it looks like a crown. It’s pronounced Continue reading »
27 Friday Jan 2012
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Christian Living, Christianity, Coaching, Faith, Hope, Inspiration
Sitting in a group with others, my mind is completely distracted with
“Eleven. Do it.”
Ugh, the voices are back. Now is NOT the time.
Actually, it’s not a voice but a thought out of nowhere. Completely left field. Like a spark of light. Like seeing a mouse run by, when there should be no mice. It causes a double-triple take as you think, ”what the?…is that what I thought it was?” And you know you will not see the mouse again… at least not during this moment. Continue reading »
23 Monday Jan 2012
“Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes.
In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain.
The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life.”
~ Mary Manin Morrissey (inspirational speaker)
What could you let go of, even if it’s just for today…
And then try it again tomorrow. Continue reading »
16 Monday Jan 2012
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Dear Monday,
Thanks for having the word “mon” in you. That’s French for “mine”, in case you weren’t aware.
Oh, and Monday, it makes me think of you as “my day” - and frankly that sounds like a much more promising start of the week.
~ author unknown Continue reading »
13 Friday Jan 2012
Posted in Coaching, Confession / Truth in Love, Faith
The sound of an out-of-tune guitar strummed by an obnoxious four-year old jolts me.
It’s the feedback sound from my new computer, notifying me that I’ve done something wrong. In my opinion, I’m hearing this noise too often.
First a little history. About 30-days ago, Continue reading »
06 Friday Jan 2012
Posted in Coaching, Confession / Truth in Love, Faith
“The man who threw the rock was ‘remorseful’ and fully cooperative,” said a report from the Sherriff’s office.
I still remember these words from many years ago. I was caught in a horrific-yet-thankful feeling of “that could have been me…” Continue reading »
30 Friday Dec 2011
Posted in Coaching, Faith, Music / Story Videos, Noteworthy Days, Rambles and Rants
My husband says, “Weeds again?” as I toss a baby lettuce and field-greens salad.
A little perturbed, but I smile looking into the bowl.
He’s right. These ARE weeds. Someone has masterfully packaged things that I’d otherwise yank from the earth with my purple gloved hands and toss into the yard-bin. Now I toss them—bare handed—with a yummy honey-lemon-poppyseed dressing.
Still smiling I’m thinking—who does this stuff? Who thought to package these—weeds. Genius.
And who thought of eating Continue reading »
23 Friday Dec 2011
Posted in Faith, Music / Story Videos, Noteworthy Days, Rambles and Rants
Grandma stared off in the distance— maybe a sea and lifetime away—as the voices of a dozen Mennonite children angelically sang, “…stille nacht, heilige nacht…” an old German song.
I was one of those children.
Being Mennonite typically translates to an innate musical ability. And since presumably all Mennonites can hold a tune, being in this choir was an honor. But I didn’t know that—this choir was just something “we did.” And I had a crush on Brent Dyke, a cute boy and choir member. So I gladly showed up and learned to sing in German—the routine, and way to pay homage to my Mennonite German(Prussia) heritage.
Actually, eighteenth century (and back) Mennonite’s spoke low-German—a fading and nearly lost language. My grandparents taught Continue reading »
16 Friday Dec 2011
Posted in Coaching, Confession / Truth in Love, Faith, Noteworthy Days, Rambles and Rants
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Abnormal, Christian Living, Christmas, Coaching, Faith, Hope, Life Coaching
The icebreaker topic “what are your traditions/what are you doing for Christmas Eve and Day?” felt like ice in my veins. I told myself to buck-up and get my happy face on so I’d be ready to breeze through my turn.
But the truth was: I did not want to talk about my Christmas, and how abnormal it would be.
Maybe I’ll lie…
As the women around the table spoke, I realized I wasn’t alone. Continue reading »
09 Friday Dec 2011
Posted in Coaching, Confession / Truth in Love, Faith, Rambles and Rants
You and me. We’re not so different.
I know you’re not always a brave or cheery as you claim to be.
I know you wonder what they really think.
I know you have been looking in the mirror too long. Noticing lines, bumps, gravity.
I know you eat cookies fast, because somehow that makes it not count. I know you throw away fast-food wrappers before you get home. I know you toss out receipts and remove retail tags before anyone can see you’ve been shopping. I know you cut the size-tag off clothes when the manufacturer erroneously adds four more sizes than you know yourself to be…or puts an X by your L.
I know you laugh, when nothing is funny at all. I know you Continue reading »
