I love the quote from Tara-Nicolle from todays prompt. It is so easy to get caught in the trap of "Use it or Lose it" thinking. To go so long without using a gift or talent that I discredit any idea that I can regain the ground I lost while leaving it dormant. It... Continue Reading →
Growth is a Choice {#Write31Days}
II Peter 1:5-9 (CJB) For this very reason, try your hardest to furnish your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with perseverance, perseverance with godliness, godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. 8 For if you have these qualities in abundance, they keep you from being barren and unfruitful in... Continue Reading →
As a child
POD #13: As a child. . . It’s your turn to do the exercise. List 10 things you loved as a child. List 10 things you loved doing as a child.Do you see your creative calling in there?Do you regularly engage in your creative calling right now? Either in your work or in some other part... Continue Reading →
Alone in the wild (i.e., things you are not)
POD #11: Alone in the wild (i.e., things you are not) All creation is co-creation. We exist in relationship to each other, and we grow in relationship to each other, too. Who or what are you co-evolving with? A friend, a teacher, a community, an institution? God? Your mate? Your family? Your world? How is... Continue Reading →
Your bucket list or your life
POD #6: Your bucket list or your life Do you have a bucket list? What’s on it? Is there really, truly any reason you cannot do the items on that list soon? Really? Will it really take as much money as you think? Or as much time? Don’t you know people who are broke but... Continue Reading →
What do you do that no longer serves you?
POD #6: What do you do that no longer serves you? What do you do that no longer serves you? What are you getting out of doing it? Are you attached to that? What would it take for you to release it? And who would you be, if you released it? This prompt could not... Continue Reading →
Consuming fire
Today in praise and worship we were singing a song by Jesus Culture "Burning Ones." It was as if I was hearing the song for the first time. God has been speaking to me about love - love for Him and love for others. At the end of the song it says: We are Your... Continue Reading →
Life’s Painting
We have an amazing opportunity in our community that allows people with no artistic ability to create their own painting. It is a guided process that takes you step by step, technique by technique for a single painting. The business often does fundraisers for nonprofits, where a portion of the money collected is given... Continue Reading →
The voice in your head
POD #26: The voice in your head Very seldom do I write things off, due to the voices in my head. I may set a goal and say "when...then." Like I want to go sky diving and bungee jumping, however I am morbidly obese and I don't think that is the smartest idea. However, I... Continue Reading →
