Looking Forward in the New Year
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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 [...]
A Picture of Truth
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on September 13, 2011
By Cheri Hudspith, oneLife Maps Facilitator I have written before about why my heart was not open to sharing with God my desires and longings. God has been moving me from fear to faith in increasing amounts on that subject for a while now. One of the ways this is happening is the Lord has [...]
Blessings in Living Color
Posted by on June 5, 2011
by Bonnie Oden Sometimes I struggle with a short attention span due to some cognitive challenges resulting from Multiple Sclerosis. My form of Multiple Sclerosis comes and goes. A symptom appears, gets worse for a period of time, then gets better for a while and finally I will have some permanent damage. Over time, I [...]
Invest It Well!
Posted by on May 25, 2011
by Joan Kelley, Director of Facilitator Development and oneLifemaps Facilitator When my son Will was around nine, he went with his dad to our church’s father/son camp. Will always called those five days alone with John “better than Christmas.” That year, the kids were given an ice-breaker question to answer, “If you had $100 what [...]
An Unexpected Exercise in Trust
Posted by on April 26, 2011
By Karen Bork, Listen To My Life Prayer Team Leader Sometimes God shows up in unexpected places in our lives and especially in shaping our groups. God did just that as I was looking to invite women to my first Listen to My Life group. I was praying about starting a group in my home. [...]
Enough, Part 2 of 2
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on January 5, 2011
By Sibyl and Dick Towner Last week we began looking at the definition and spiritual implications of “enough.” What is enough? This week, we continue looking at the principles which can help us navigate the dilemma of “enough.” Let’s look again at the biblical understanding of stewardship. God created everything (Genesis 1:1) and he retained [...]
An Unexpected Longing
Posted by on October 12, 2010
by Jennifer Mote, Listen to My Life Facilitator During my high school years, I was introduced to running. I was not a Cross Country girl, rather it was part of our conditioning work for Basketball. Our gym had a running track underneath it and I would run down there on rainy days and outside in [...]
When Love’s Heart Suffers
Posted by on October 6, 2010
by Anita Schamber, LTML Facilitator As life stories intersect, people meet each other in unexpected places for God-ordained reasons. That seemed to be true when I met Nancy Bentz in a breakout session at a Christian Leadership Alliance Conference in April 2009. Although we sat as far away from each other as possible in the room, by [...]