Practice Hope
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on May 15, 2012
Have you ever felt hopeless? Not knowing what to do? Not able to see ahead? Wanting some direction? I wonder how God might be calling you to practice hope in this season. I wonder what he might be revealing to you in the [...]
Reviewing Your Year
Posted by on January 17, 2012
By Joan Kelley and Sibyl Towner The spiritual practice of the daily examen, what we call “reviewing my day,” helps us to live more fully in the present, learn from our moments of the day and recognize and respond to God. The same practice of review can be applied to our spiritual year. Take some [...]
Will I Bring My Gift To Him?
Posted by on December 13, 2011
by Leslie Dawson, oneLife Maps Facilitator While driving in early December, I heard a familiar Christmas carol on the radio. Though I’ve known and loved this song for years, this day I was deeply struck by the lyrics. I listened. Questions crystalized in my mind, one after another. I was taken by The Drummer Boy’s [...]
Simply Grateful
Posted by on November 22, 2011
by Joan Kelley, Director of Facilitator Development and oneLifemaps Facilitator I remember the things our kids said thanks for at the dinner table when they were small…peas, ketchup, ants on the sidewalk, ice cream cones. My kids are getting older but I’m still learning lessons from their thankful hearts. Here’s what God put on my [...]
Just For Me
Posted by on November 1, 2011
By Julie Jensen, oneLife Maps Facilitator Psalm 31:19 has long been one of my favorite verses: “How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you.” I’ve memorized and repeated this verse over and over many times in my life, but recently God reminded me again of the truth [...]
In Between the Sidewalk Cracks
Posted by on October 26, 2011
Joan Kelley, Director of Facilitator Development “I discovered about a month ago that this marigold was blooming right out of the crack in my front sidewalk. I never planted marigolds this year and all along I thought it was just part of my garden that was flowing onto the sidewalk. Then I took the time [...]
Boo!
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on October 4, 2011
Photo by Sharon Swing “You are the God of great wonders!” Psalm 77:14 Where have you delighted in God this week and noticed Him waiting just around the corner? The God Hunt: The Delightful Chase and the Wonder of Being Found
God Hunt
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on March 9, 2011
By Deitra Shoemaker, oneLife Maps Facilitator “We cannot attain the presence of God because we are already totally in the presence of God. What’s absent is awareness.” –Richard Rohr I remember as a kid how much I loved scavenger hunts. I loved that sense of accomplishment as I found all the items as much as [...]
Lessons Found In A Blizzard!
Posted by on February 2, 2011
By Joan Kelley, oneLifemaps Facilitator The Blizzard of 2011, as remarkably predicted by the weather reporters, has hit. People have been talking for days about hunkering down and cuddling up. The refrigerator is stocked, gas tanks filled, logs in the fireplace and snowblower ready to roll once the wind stops. The storm arrived as predicted [...]
Sensing God’s Love
Posted by on January 5, 2011
By Sharon Swing, Co-Author of Listen to My Life I think that taste buds are not only proof of an intelligent creator of the universe, but of a God who loves us. The earth that bears an abundance of sustenance for us also produces it in a tasty array. From my perspective, the matching of [...]