It’s Your Fault
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on April 24, 2013
by Dick Towner, Co-Director of The Springs Retreat Center My friend Dick Towner told me this story a while ago about a man who came to visit Sibyl and he at The Springs Retreat Center they started in 2011 in their hometown of Oldenburg, IN. The man came to sell some windows and left with [...]
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 [...]
The Faith-Full Journey
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on December 5, 2012
by Sibyl Towner, Co-Author of Listen To My Life “Faith is: the moment by moment practicing the presence of Jesus my Savior and the Almighty God of creation, the God of the Bible, in the power of the Holy Spirit in every aspect of my life– my intellect, my feelings, my motivations, my actions,and in [...]
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 [...]
Desire: What Makes Us Human
Posted by on August 21, 2012
by Sibyl Towner, Co-Author Listen to My Life Have you sat riveted to the Olympics like I have the last couple weeks? Have the young men and women following their dreams and dedicated to their deepest longing stirred anything in you? Has it prompted any kind of longing or desire that has been numbed in [...]
Christ Supply
Posted by on July 24, 2012
By Nancy Bentz, oneLifemaps Facilitator (excerpted from her “Wellspring of Life” blog post) It was a sign that apparently the Lord did not want me to miss. CHRIST… SUPPLY shouted at me from the big neon letters on the storefront of the local Christian bookstore in my neighborhood. The ‘IAN’ of their company name was [...]
Do You Trust Me?
Posted by on July 3, 2012
By Bonnie Ferris, oneLifemaps Facilitator Walking back from the mail box, our conversation turned from noticing the beauty of the day in nature to my mom’s question about something from a recent doctor’s appointment. It’s the same question she has asked before. There is frustration in her voice as she realizes her memory is going. [...]
Practice Hope
Posted by 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 [...]