In my last blog, Jesus Thinks in Families & Legacies, I talked about how God thinks relationally and generationally. God plants a seed of himself into us in the hopes that we will pass that blessing on from one generation to the next. But where there can be this “generational blessing”, you can imagine that likewise, there can be a “generational curse”. Guess what! Failure is never final.
Read MoreOften we ask the question: "Am I even eligible to have a mission or calling on my life?“ We might not even know what a calling looks or feels like. Shawn and I explained it to our daughter Aubree this way: ”When God puts a dream in our heart or tells us to do something for Him, that’s a calling.“
Read MoreDuring a fast God reveals things to us that we were either too busy or not sensitive enough to see before. One visual I got, during our 2018 twenty-one days of fasting, was of a huge black pot of green “yuck” boiling.
Read MoreHave you ever had a guest stay so long you thought to yourself, “I need to start charging them rent!”? I have to wonder if this is how the concept of Airbnb came about. Or maybe it all came from the movie called The Holiday with Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz. In the 2006 movie, the two characters swapped houses for the same 2 weeks. I remember thinking what a great idea that was but wondering how you line up the switcharoo. Then enters Airbnb 2 years later in 2008!
Read MoreWhen we moved into our 1948 home in Green Bay 6 years ago, the kitchen had been updated in the early 80’s. It was the worst room in the house. However, we had zero budget for renovations and had to make a decision quick; “Do we purchase the house and live with the most important gathering space being dreadfully ugly or do we find a quick and cost effective solution?” We went with option B.
Read MoreEach interior designer has their own "look." I wanted to use a few pieces from Greece to refresh and revive my drab, off-white bathroom. I quickly found a local handmade table runner to drape across a bench in my master bathroom and from that came the inspiration for an $80 design re-do.
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