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Serving in Ministry Right Where You Are At

In today’s episode, we are tackling questions about ministry, influence, and productivity. How can we effectively be serving in ministry when life gets crazy and we feel drawn pretty thin? Is our effectiveness in ministry tied to our influence? Do we need to have a large following or create a large program to have an…
How to Make Your Dreams and Goals + 20 Goal Ideas

Our habits can help our lives feel more in control, but by themselves, they do not necessarily get us closer in the direction of our dreams. How do we move forward? Today, we are going to be talking about the types of dreams and goals you can set for yourselves and why they are so…
How to Seek the Kingdom of God Every Day

In Season 1 Episode 8 of the podcast, we are discussing how to seek the kingdom of God now. We talk about what the kingdom of God is. Then, we discuss what it means to seek the kingdom of God in this lifetime. Seeking the kingdom of God now means that we should change our…
12 Life-changing Life Questions: Richard Feynam, Charlotte Mason, and the Process of Decluttering our Minds

In this post, we are focusing on how we can create guiding questions for our lives. These life questions will help us to narrow our focus to what really matters in our lives.
3 Steps to Stop Living in Scarcity and Start Living Abundantly

Do you feel fearful? Do you feel like you will never be enough? Don’t live in scarcity with all the anxiety that brings. Learn 3 ways to begin living abundantly.
In Defense of the Margin People

Society frequently views human value as equivalent to the dollar value that someone can produce, but the Bible calls us to live differently. Read more about how those in the margin can be the most valuable here.
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.
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…
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…