What is really true?
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on April 17, 2012
by Sibyl Towner, Co-Author Listen To My Life What are the ways you are growing in Him? At one point in my life I just took time to think about what was really true for me related to continuous growth in Him. I made a little list for myself and called it marks of growth. [...]
Remembrance
Posted by on April 11, 2012
by Julie Thomas, oneLifemaps Facilitator How is your memory? I am finding mine isn’t very good. The busier I get, the more I depend on what is written down to help me avoid embarrassing moments like the time I forgot to pick up my oldest daughter from school. Remembering isn’t just important when considering everyday [...]
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 [...]
Are You Listening?
Posted by on November 29, 2011
by Joan Kelley, Director of Facilitator Development and oneLifemaps Facilitator My son, Mitchell, (age 10) came bounding into our room this past Sunday morning. He lives life with high energy from sunrise to bedtime. John and I were still asleep as he came in. He had the latest book order and wanted to share it [...]
Souls Emerging from Deep Hiding
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on July 12, 2011
By Sharon Swing, Co-Author, Listen to my Life “The soul is shy,” says Parker Palmer in his book, A Hidden Wholeness. It is a story as old as Adam and Eve hiding after their act of disobedience. (Genesis 3:7) As human beings, our natural tendency is toward covering up; not choosing to expose our vulnerability, [...]
Don’t Just Give Up, Give Back
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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, [...]
Traditions
Posted by on November 23, 2010
By Sibyl Towner, Co-Author of ListenTo My Life Click here to hear Sibyl share some thoughts on the importance of tradition in knowing our place in our families and the family of God. Click for more information on the book Sibyl refers to: Living the Christian Year. Sibyl Towner is a co-author of Listen to [...]
The Unlikely Leader
Posted by on September 28, 2010
by Anita Schamber Recently I facilitated a Board retreat for a Women of Vision Chapter in Charlotte, North Carolina. (These women partner in local community projects, as well as global projects, sponsored by World Vision.) Although I was immersed in a crowd of amazing women leaders, my devotional focused on an “unlikely” leader, the Samaritan [...]
Your Highest Calling
Posted by on September 23, 2010
By Sharon Swing, Co-Author, Listen to my Life Maybe I’m getting a bit too sensitive. Maybe not. I’d like to know what you think. While listening to a radio program, a caller identified himself as a pastor. Before answering the man’s question, the host encouraged this man by saying that the role of a pastor [...]
Faith as a Habit
Posted by on August 17, 2010
by Joan Kelley, oneLifemaps Facilitator Maybe you have days when the only prayer you can utter sounds like an emergency call for help like, “God show up! God, just show up as I send my kids to their first day school, as I get the doctors report, as I handle a conflict situation at work, [...]