Monthly Archives: January 2009

Change is Good

Well, I hope you’ve all recovered from getting real. It was a wild ride and I am so glad that many of you decided to participate! I have several more related posts outlined to help you “get real”, but today I have a few announcements. Blue Duck is Changing That’s right, we’re working frantically behind…

Protected: It Begins

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Real: Up Close and Personal

photo credit: preciouskhyatt When the concept of surrendering and getting real began to surface in my life, I had mixed feelings. Mostly fear and excitement, but some anxiety and wariness as well. When the excitement hit, I started envisioning a blog post. It was based on the fact that Christians are to confess our sins…

Error on Line 155

Ok, if you haven’t noticed, and you might not have, I broke the blog over the weekend. I wrote a seemingly harmless piece of html for a linked graphic and tried to place it in the sidebar as a widget. It immediately sent strips of error messages about arrays and headers across every page of…

Coming Soon

Well folks, it’s cold. School is canceled, the hubby is home for the next three days, and there’s snow piled high against the doors. So why haven’t I been been blogging my heart out? I’ve been busy. A small group of us have been hard at work setting up a new website for Christ followers….

The Unlimited Freelancer: the Book and the Dream

Click here to visit FreelanceFolder.com website! One of my all-time favorite people has penned a book for freelancers. James Chartrand and Mason Hipp have collaborated to create a guide to help you release your freelance potential, and I couldn’t be more excited. Not just because this book has two fantastic authors, either. This project has…

Louder Than Words

Things have been pretty quiet here. But that’s okay. When you get alone with God…and honor and embrace Him for all that He is… Holy Changeless Powerful Peaceful Generous Genuine All-knowing Blessed Beautiful Glorious Jealous Just Righteous The source of all truth, wisdom, goodness…. love Eternal Perfect …you may find yourself speechless. But that’s okay….

Embracing Romance

I wrestled with one of those “why bother” moments today. You know, those discouraging moments when you step back and evaluate your life and are horrified and nauseated by what you see? These moments used to begin a viscous cycle of feel awful, try harder, do better, miss the mark, feel awful. I’m doing things…

Dream Big: Eliminating Obstacles

In this morning’s post, Dream Big: Lay the Foundation, we looked at how to build resolutions that last by dreaming big. Dreaming big is not as easy as you might think, but it is what God wants for your life. Why Dream Big? When you dream small, it shows how big you think God is….

Dream Big: Lay the Foundation

I have a problem with New Year’s resolutions. They don’t last. Oh, you might start out checking off each item on your newly created list every day, but after a month… or two, it gets old. You get tired or bored and the old habits creep in. Why is that? Some people say that it…