Category: spiritual retreat
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A Spiritual Retreat Day
“To know God’s will is to actively claim an intimate relationship with God” – Henri Nouwen in Invitation to Retreat I am blessed to work at a Christian university where we can take a spiritual retreat day once a semester. My boss was out of town recently for a conference, so it was a good…
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Jesus Desires Presence Over Production
In this new season, God is showing me he is more concerned about my relationship with Him and who I am becoming rather than what I do. I had been running the race of full-time vocational children’s ministry for over twenty years. For thirteen of those years, I was working full time while juggling motherhood. …
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Seeking Stillness & Solitude
I originally wrote this for the Arise Newsletter, Volume 2 Issue 7 | July 2020. Arise is an organization for ordained women ministers in the Church of God. The video was a result of the following article. “Many Christians have so busied themselves with programs and activities that they no longer know how to be silent…
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Grace In The Pace
“Hurry is the great enemy of our spiritual life in our day. You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.” Dallas Willard quoted in Soul Keeping Recently when going to the airport to pick our adult children, I parked my car and hurried into the building entrance to catch the elevator. Standing there waiting…
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Catch A Breath
As I started 2020, I knew I was starting Something New – A Whole New Beginning. I told my husband I wanted to “catch a breath” as I started this new year, so I purposely scheduled a silent retreat in the second week of January. I would spend 3 days and 2 nights away in…
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Necessary Endings Lead To New Beginnings
My final Sunday as Children’s Pastor at Salem Church of God was December 29, 2019. My pastor asked if I would share my journey with the church on my final Sunday. I was honored to give the message and very humbled by the love and encouragement I received that day. There are 3 things I…
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A Step Of Faith…
I have been in full-time Children’s Ministry for 17 years. During that time… I have loved the calling God has had on my life. I have loved leading teams and growing the children’s ministries in three churches in Indiana, Arizona, and Ohio. I have enjoyed connecting with parents while loving on babies and children of…
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Grace
At the beginning of 2019, I made a decision to take a personal retreat once a quarter. This was something I was feeling God was asking me to do… to take time to “Be Still.” There is this amazing place in the small country town of Lewisburg, Ohio. Innkeeper Ministries is a ministry that offers…
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Can God Enlarge Souls Through Loss?
This question came out of my Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Devotional this morning. As I sat in the stillness of the morning pondering this question, I realized how much God has expanded the territory of my soul this past year. I’ve had some rough years. In the last four years, my husband and I had two…
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An Invitation to Stillness and Peace
I went on a three-day spiritual retreat in September 2018. I had no idea when I got to my cabin that I would find a book that would help me on my journey to healing. I knew God was calling me to a time of solitude and stillness. I had never done a spiritual retreat…