What Is My Purpose?
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on December 27, 2011
By Sibyl Towner, Co-Author of Listen To My Life “What am I going to do with my one, wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver. Most of us ask the question, “What is my purpose?” in one form or another. Click here to listen as Sibyl helps us think through how to move forward with this all familiar [...]
The $64,000 Question!
Posted by on November 15, 2011
By Sibyl Towner, Co-Author of Listen To My Life Click here to watch Sibyl talk about a question that forms in our early childhood, grows full bloom in adolescence and shows up again in mid-life or during significant life changes.
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 [...]
Overwhelmed By God
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on August 16, 2011
By Joan Kelley, oneLifemaps Facilitator “If the vision isn’t overwhelming to you, it’s probably insulting to God.” –Steven Furtick I heard this quote this week at a conference on leadership and it’s been stirring in my soul ever since. It scares me and reassures me all in the same breath. I’m wondering how God might [...]
Now That’s Funny!
Posted by on August 3, 2011
By Joan Kelley, oneLifemaps Facilitator Have you ever considered the power of laughter and surprise in your spiritual life: in your daily growth, in your healing from the past, in your search for hope in the future? God has been teaching me lessons this summer about some of the very simple elements of life that [...]
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 [...]
Don’t Just Give Up, Give Back
Posted by on April 19, 2011
by Rebecca Madden, oneLifemaps Facilitator and author of the Listen to My Life Group Facilitator’s Guide Our church is promoting not just Giving Up, but Giving Back for Lent, so they are offering a chance to serve the under-resourced each day in various places for 30 days all throughout Atlanta. Carla, my adventure friend in Atlanta, [...]
Blessed by Roger
Posted by on February 16, 2011
by Joan Kelley, oneLifemaps Facilitator Last week, we had over 20 inches of snow in one day which resulted in a couple snow days and now today the temperatures have dropped below zero. Conditions like these make me more aware of those who don’t have a warm place to sleep and a hot meal to [...]
Let Your Life Speak
Posted by on January 25, 2011
Click to watch Sibyl as she discusses a question that Parker Palmer asked himself, “Is the life I’m living the life that wants to live in me?” Click Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer to read the details of the book to which she refers.
Discernment
Posted by on January 11, 2011
Click to watch Sibyl as she shares about how to be open and attentive to the discernment of God by understanding the goodness of God, exploring love as our primary work, and recognizing the gift of the Holy Spirit. Click Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation by Ruth Haley Barton to read the details about the [...]