Editors Note: iFlourishOnline writer Kristin Reeg wrote this New Year’s blessing for 2013. I found it very encouraging and thought our dear readers would also want to receive the encouragement and truth from her words, reminding us of HIS Words, as well. Read her letter, allow the promises to wash over, in and through [...]
Archive for Category: "Spirit"
40 Years of Roe
40 Years of Roe by Bethany Bomberger, The Radiance Foundation “I could out-cuss the most crass of men and women; I could out-drink many of the Dallas taverns’ regulars; and I was known for my hot temper. When (some) pro-lifers called me a murderer, I called them worse. When people held up signs…I spit in [...]
Does going for “great” make life messy?
Kristin Cooney – “Mom, that house is a MESS!” observed my 6-year-old, staring out our kitchen window at the construction site next door in our new neighborhood. He was right. Board scraps, bricks, sawdust, and soda cans lay all over the ground. The “yard” was a clumpy dirt and clay disaster. Besides unsightly, it [...]
A Leader in Waiting
Felicia Murrell – I think one of the worst things in the world is being a leader with no place to lead. It’s one thing to not know who you are. It’s another thing altogether to know who you are, understand what you were born for, and yet have no place or voice to be [...]
God Is Santa Claus?
Kristin Reeg – Free?! Did somebody say free? I do believe “free” is my favorite four letter word. I get so excited when I go somewhere and see a sign that says, “Free.” My eyes begin to enlarge like the Grinch’s heart. Sometimes those free gifts are not anything I want or need, but I [...]
Heavenly Piñata Hitters
“Ye have not, because ye ask not.” – James 4:2 Nathalie Jeter – When I was in graduate school, I had a lot of reading to do. To avoid eye strain, I usually studied near a window in my apartment so I could look outside once in a while and allow my eyes to relax. One [...]
Striving for a Picture-Perfect Christmas?
Belinda Elliott – It is that time of year again. Christmas decorations, festive parties, candlelight church services, extended time with loved ones—I love Christmas! At least mostly. I admit, if I’m honest, there is also a little part of me that cringes when the Christmas music begins to play and decorations start to appear in department stores. [...]
