“Believe in yourself and be prepared to work hard.” – Stella McCartney “What you do is less important than the difference you make.” – Tiffany Dufu There is a massive trend happening in the workplace right now, where more and more employees are deciding to work from a home […]
Read more "The Art of Working from Home (and Making This Work for You)"“It’s smooth sailing all the way with God of the Angel Armies.” – Psalm 84:12 (MSG) Rick Warren, author of the best-selling book – The Purpose Driven Life – claims that in order for any individual or organization to achieve success they need a picture, or symbol, that captures the essence of their mission. If […]
Read more "The Spiritual Significance of the Sailboat"Martin Puryear, Ladder for Booker T. Washington, 1996 “Why do I feel I have to reach, believe I have to rise, When You never said I had to climb these broken ladders?” -Selah While living in Fort Worth, Texas, I visited the Museum of Modern Art and came across a sculpture by […]
Read more "Are You Climbing a Broken Ladder?"The following work of flash fiction has been submitted to the “81 Words Challenge.” If you’d like to try your hand at telling an epic tale in just 81 words, click here. The End From my first breath I’ve dreamed of writing. My parents devoured books, and as […]
Read more "Flash Fiction Friday – “The End”"“Don’t count every second – make every second count.” – Unknown “Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.” – Henry Ford Unless you’re fortunate enough to be earning a full-time salary for your writing, you most likely squeeze your writing into an air-tight schedule. If you fall […]
Read more "Writer’s Wednesday – Making Every Second Count"The Angelus – Jean-Francois Millet, 1859 A picture is worth a thousand words, and just like musical expressions of praise, paintings can often inspire us to worship. One such painting is The Angelus, a beautiful depiction of the inseparable relationship between worship and our daily tasks. Max Lucado wrote the following about this […]
Read more "“The Angelus”, Work, and Worship"“If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. It’s the hard that makes it great.” – Tom Hanks Now that we live in the mountains, our family has begun a summer tradition of picking fresh cherries from a nearby mountain orchard. The kids love hunting for the “perfect” cherry, which would […]
Read more "Motivating Monday – Delicious Lessons from the Cherry Tree"“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanore Roosevelt Movies come and go, but every so often you will encounter a film which moves you to the very core of your being. If you are an artistic soul who has made sacrifices to pursue your dreams, […]
Read more "Are Your Dreams Worth It? (A Film Review of “La La Land”)"“When He [Jesus] had finished speaking, He said to Simon, ‘Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.’ Simon answered, ‘Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.” – Luke 5:4-5 Our modern business-driven culture is extremely […]
Read more "Motivating Monday – Redefining Success"“If you can survive a year of teaching, you can survive anything!” – A First-Year Teacher “There’s no tired like end-of-the-year teacher tired!” – Said Every Teacher, Everywhere Are you a frazzled teacher? If you work with children in any capacity, then I’d be willing to bet money that your gas tank is on “Empty” […]
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