Blog – 8-28-19 As I write this blog, I am busy preparing for the Women of Faith “Be the Light” event coming up September 6 and 7 in Lincoln, Nebraska. I am thrilled to be speaking and leading worship at the event. Tickets are still available, and I would love to see you there! As I reflect on what it means to be the light for Christ, I can’t help but reflect on the power of light. Think about it, the smallest light can make a huge difference in our lives. I know I truly app

Blog – 7-3-19 As we celebrate America’s birthday tomorrow here in the land of the free, I can’t help but feel a huge sense of gratitude for the brave men and women who have sacrificed so much so we can live in freedom. We all know that freedom isn’t free, yet I wonder how often we take that freedom for granted. When I went on a mission trip to Vietnam last year, my eyes were opened to how incredibly blessed we are to live in the good old USA. In Vietnam I saw beautiful

Choose Patience Blog – 10-10-18 In keeping with our Choose theme, I want to discuss something that honestly isn’t always easy for me – patience! I have shared my struggles with patience in this blog before as I’ve discussed different situations such as flying and Wal-Mart. We can all agree that Wal-Mar truly warrants an extra dose of patience, right! Truth is, some of us are wired with more patience than others, there’s no doubt about that. I have been blessed with people in

Choose Gratitude Blog – 10-3-18 One of the most important yet sometimes the hardest choices we can make each and every day is to choose gratitude. There’s always something to be grateful for, even if it’s simply the breath that fills our lungs. I have to be honest, though, I don’t always feel grateful. I often forget how big I’m blessed. I tend to focus on what I don’t have rather than what I do. I wonder if you struggle the same way I do? I’m guessing the answer for many of

Choose Gratitude Blog – 10-3-18 One of the most important yet sometimes the hardest choices we can make each and every day is to choose gratitude. There’s always something to be grateful for, even if it’s simply the breath that fills our lungs. I have to be honest, though, I don’t always feel grateful. I often forget how big I’m blessed. I tend to focus on what I don’t have rather than what I do. I wonder if you struggle the same way I do? I’m guessing the answer for many of

Choose Patience Blog – 10-10-18 In keeping with our Choose theme, I want to discuss something that honestly isn’t always easy for me – patience! I have shared my struggles with patience in this blog before as I’ve discussed different situations such as flying and Wal-Mart. We can all agree that Wal-Mar truly warrants an extra dose of patience, right! Truth is, some of us are wired with more patience than others, there’s no doubt about that. I have been blessed with people in

Choose Kindness Blog – 9-14-18 The world doesn’t feel very kind these days. As we read social media posts, we see so much anger and dissension rising up. The sad thing is, we say things online that we would never say to a person’s face. We argue about everything under the sun, and it feels at times that people have forgotten one of the basic rules we learned in kindergarten, to be kind to one another. In a recent Choose Chat, Laura Pedersen and I discussed how we can make kin

Choose Blog – 9-7-18 We all make hundreds of choices each and every day. Some of them are small, like will I get out of bed the first time my alarm rings or hit the snooze button. Others are major choices, like will I tell the truth even when it’s really hard. We make so many choices on unimportant things, like what kind of drink to order at Starbucks, that we lose sight of the important, silent choices we make every day. Things like will I choose to believe what the world sa