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How To Survive in the Wilderness

In this post, we learn about how to face seasons of spiritual depression. When we are wandering in the wilderness, we have to trust in God’s word. It will sustain us and lead us through.
When You Fall Down in the Wilderness

Sometimes, our wilderness seasons are caused by sin. When our desires lead us away from God, true repentance leads us back.
The Productive Life: An Antidote to Endless Hurry

No amount of managing my time was going to change my actions or my attitude. I could not plan my way into being someone who serves other people. I could not plan my way to being a productive person, even if I was trying to be productive for God.
Spiritual Depression: When You Are Feeling Defeated in the Wilderness

When we are in a season of Wilderness Wanderings, our faith in God may falter. We may question where God is in our situation. Remembering the past faithfulness of God is crucial in these situations. Spiritual Depression is real and can happen after a mountain top experience. If we turn to God, we can overcome…
Lessons from the Israelites in the Wilderness: What Not To Do In The Wilderness

There are many lessons from the Israelites in the Wilderness that we can learn and apply to us today. In the Wilderness, we have two options. We can choose to loose our faith in God, focusing on our circumstances, or we can set our sights on the one who can save us from our circumstances.
Juggling It All: Being a Teaching and Working Mom

Again, I juggled it all, including the added pressure from the admin to bring up our test scores. Things definitely fell by the wayside, with dishes piled across our counters and a month’s worth of laundry that needed to be folded (but hey, at least it was washed). And again, I prayed and prayed. Read…
The Purpose of Wilderness Wanderings in the Bible

Sometimes, in the midst of the crowds of happy faces and the busyness of the year, we can feel lost in the drift of the season. Feeling this way can make us feel lonely, upset, or isolated from those that we love, and crucially, it can also make us feel isolated from the voice of…
Wilderness Wanderings in the Bible

Though the romanticized view of wandering could look like this picture, all open spaces and dramatic scenery, the actuality of wandering may seem as hopeless as Frankenstein and his monster locked in the final epic pursuit. We all wander at times in our lives. These are those seasons in which we are lost from God.…
Stepping into the Classroom

As I make the transition from the classroom to home, I wanted to take a minute to look back at some of the lessons I learned. I just wrote in my previous post about 10 tips for classroom teachers. Teaching is difficult, and as you’ll see, I really struggled throughout my years in the classroom…
10 Tips for New Teachers to Make It to the End

When you feel like you have one foot in the door and one foot already on the way out, how do you actually make it to the end of the school year? Here’s some thoughts from someone who’s felt this way for almost 5 years (Maybe it really is time to quit…) If you are…

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