Posts Tagged "spiritual growth"


(Hi, to all my readers! I’m linking up this week in a get to know ya, kinda post as I share how I started blogging. I’m going to the July conference and love connecting with people in real life. Some of you may remember my former blog: If Meadows Speak. But if you’re a new subscriber, today you’ll discover parts of my backstory of how I came to blog and write. And if you’re subscribed to my free ebook on...

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One might imagine the opening act, of an empowered spiritual life, involved a stage where only privileged characters get the choicest roles, those with big names and phenomenal ministries. Mostly, the opposite is true. In fact, a large portion of our work operates behind the curtains of our thought life. It’s not outward appearances that matter. It’s those pesky inner ones.   Being empowered goes the wrong direction...

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Guest Post: by Kathy Schwanke   {I’ve not met Kathy in person but we frequently “see” each other in the same blogging/writing circles on the interwebs. This past May, she was part of a video series for the book Your Sacred Yes, by radio host Susie Larson. Kathy also spoke at the Set Apart Conference, and is a writer, blogger, mentor, and teacher. Her infectious smile is contagious. Today, she talks about a...

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Guest Post: by Susan Stilwell   {I remember when I first met Susan Stillwell, in Diane Bailey’s hotel room at Allume last year. Obviously, we were a dangerous group with one bed consisting of Caryn Jenkinson, Amy Breitmann, Susan, and me, huddled together. The other half of the room, Diane, Lindsey Hartz (mine and Amy’s roommate), Shelly Miller, Jennifer Lee, and Emily Wierenga, crowded ’round the other bed....

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