Sprinkles and Naming Stuff
It’s Fearless Friday! I hope you’ll join us on our One Word adventure this year. Recently I was with two different friends, at different times, in different places who, with hesitation and eyes cast...
View ArticleWhen You’re Afraid God Won’t Show Up on Fearless Friday
It’s Fearless Friday which made me think of this post from last summer that I’ve edited for today… What if God just doesn’t “show up”? Ever have that fear? Me too. I think our daughters Katy and Maggie...
View ArticleWhat do you See on Fearless Friday?
I have a lot of favorite passages in the Bible, but some of the best I think are those that show God at work in unseen ways. Kind of like pulling back the curtain on Oz, but this is the real deal. One...
View ArticleSaving a Place on Fearless (Good) Friday
This morning I sat down at Starbucks at my table next to the fireplace with Phillip. He’s like Norm of Cheers, friendly and fun. Except that he’s tall and he’s from England. He’s here every morning...
View ArticleThe Story God’s Given You on Fearless Friday
I had a great phone conversation recently with a high capacity leader on the other side of the country. She is confident, bold, and faithful in using the gifts God has given her. She inspired me, and...
View ArticleWhen God Invites You to do a Big Thing and Fear says You Can’t
I had a lunch meeting a few weeks ago. The purpose was for me to help a World Vision guy do some brainstorming and networking. At least that’s what I thought. I’m pretty creative. I’m good at ideas....
View ArticleNothing to Lose
This week I’m live blogging at the Willow Creek Leadership Summit for their partner, Engage. I hope you’ll take a look! Meanwhile, it’s Fearless Friday. I’m reposting something from three years ago....
View ArticleTucking in Courage
“She tucked belief right into me.” A few years ago I read this lovely line written by Ann Voskamp who was talking about a grandmother who called out gifts in her that she was afraid to believe. In my...
View ArticleOne Word and Clark Griswold
Back in January, (yep, it’s been a long time) we talked about choosing One Word for 2013 - a word that God might desire to expand in our life…grow us into. My word was Fearless, which gave birth to...
View ArticleOne Thing it Takes to Overcome Fear
I watched this video a week or so ago and thought, “What if…?” What if Christopher Maloney didn’t have his mom cheering for him? What if he hadn’t had one person who believed in him? What if he had let...
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