Busyness can rob us of so much more than rest. Busyness robs of us of relationships, peace, joy, our health, contentment, and more importantly an intimate relationship with God. Busyness […]
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An Encouragement for January
Communications theorists suggest that … words create worlds. This idea is formally known as the Constructionist Principle. It suggests that reality, as we know it, is a subjective vs. objective […]
An Encouragement for December
A recent email from the Center for Courage and Renewal, led by Parker Palmer, asked the question, “What song is in your heart today?” That question made me pause. As […]
An Encouragement for November
I drove down I-40 cussing and crying. Our oldest child was a baby at the time and had contracted some variety of the latest daycare funk. He was headed to […]
An Encouragement for October
Almost from the beginning of Methodism, women have found opportunities to lead and to exhort and eventually to preach. Although he did not initially endorse their preaching, John Wesley believed […]
An Encouragement for September
The Center for Leadership Excellence and the Commission on the Status and Role of Women in the NC Conference have teamed up to send monthly emails of encouragement to women […]