First, let's focus on a few broad-brush concepts that will give you a sturdy foundation for setting your goals. Then, we will look at steps to achieving them. Why goal setting is important In a fabled Harvard University study only three percent of Harvard students asked set and wrote goals on a regular basis. The stunning revelation of this...

Are you looking for a mentor – someone who will build a relationship with you, someone to teach and advise you and enable you to become a wise and effective human being? Here are ten steps to finding that person: Look at the people you know Look around at the people in your personal and professional life. Is there someone you admire? Someone...

My growth has been greatly enhanced by learning to sail. I have a thirty year old 12 foot Dolphin Sailboat and a 24 foot Com Pac made in 1981. They are perfect for exploring all the lakes and seaways around where I live. The lessons learned relaxing and reflecting on these old boats have enhanced my own spiritual growth and journey to recovery. ...

Everyone who believes in God at all believes that he knows what you and I are going to do tomorrow. ~ C. S. Lewis Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. ~ Winston Churchill Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out...

"I have held many things in my hands and I have lost them all. But whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess." ~ Martin Luther In youth we learn, in age we understand. ~  Marie Ebner-Eschenbach Appreciation is a wonderful thing; It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. ~ Voltaire The greatest...

Our faith walk is not a casual swagger through the flower garden under blue skis. Oh, we often wish it were and complain to God when it’s not. Yet He was clear when He told us to “Stand your ground” (Ephesians 6:11 & 13). The enemy of our soul seeks to put a wedge in our relationship with God. God warned us to “be self-controlled and...

Have you ever had to wait for something you really wanted? I think most of us would answer “yes!” There are times in our lives when we find ourselves in a holding pattern.  Everything is in place, the timing is perfect and yet God seems to say “not yet”.   One such time for me was when my husband and I wanted to start a family. We were...