The Prison of Shyness
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on May 7, 2013
By Bonnie Ferris, oneLifemaps Facilitator Being shy is like being in a prison. Although I don’t know what it’s like to be in a physical prison, I do know what it’s like to be locked up inside. Recently, my husband asked me to attend a dinner for a roller blading club where he belongs. He [...]
A Tender Journey Towards God
Posted by on March 19, 2013
by Jeanne Stoner, a Listen To My Life Participant In November 2009, I retired from a 30 year professional career to become a caregiver for my chronically ill, disabled daughter. Her young life had been full with great friends and travel soccer. When she was a freshman in high school, she was diagnosed with Postural [...]
Lessons Learned from Leading
Posted by on February 21, 2013
by Julie Thomas, oneLifemaps Facilitator Last summer I completed my first attempt at leading some friends through Listen to My Life. It has been an amazing adventure where God has taught and continues to teach me many lessons. After spending much of last year’s Facilitator Circle Gathering asking questions like, “What does this look like [...]
A Special Invitation for the New Year!
Posted by on December 11, 2012
by Joan Kelley, Director of Facilitator Development and oneLifemaps Facilitator We are excited to invite you to join us for a ‘New Year FOLLOWING FORWARD Workshop.” It’s a first-ever “family reunion” of sorts for all those that have experienced Listen to My Life and would like to gather with others that have a passion for [...]
Set Sail
Posted by on September 26, 2012
by Leslie Dawson, oneLifemaps facilitator photo by Joan Kelley, Director of Facilitator Development and oneLifemaps Facilitator Questions to Ponder: What adjustments need to be made to set your sails so you may be fully alive to God and in the center of his purpose for you? Sailboats are uniquely and expertly crafted to navigate the waters. How [...]
What’s Your View?
Posted by on September 18, 2012
by Sibyl Towner, Co-Author of Listen To My Life God does love you and he does have plans and purposes for your life. Sometimes it seems like God loves me but everyone else has a plan for my life. Maybe it’s time to rediscover who you are in God’s eyes. Rediscover who he made you [...]
The Next Step
Posted by on February 7, 2012
by Jan Owen, oneLifemaps Facilitator Retreat Worship Leader In 2009, I found myself in a difficult place. I had been serving as worship pastor at a church for almost 11 years and felt certain God was calling me to “more”. What a nebulous calling! What did it mean? The only clue I had was that [...]
Looking Forward in the New Year
Posted by on January 24, 2012
By Joan Kelley with poem by Larry James Peacock “A Prayer for the New Year” Loving God, journey with me this year so that I may feel Your presence, abide in Your forgiveness, grow in Your strength, and dwell in Your love. Give me an open heart, an open mind, and open eyes so that [...]
“Will You Let Him Be Enough This Year?”
Posted by on January 4, 2012
By Leslie Dawson, oneLife Maps facilitator As we begin this new year, I want to make wise choices going forward which include God in deeper ways in my everyday life. In order to do that I have spent time reflecting on my past patterns, my interactions with God and struggles in faith to help me [...]