Author: Tina Bell

3 Life Lessons from Starting a New Job

As I walked in to sit down at my desk as the Office Manager for Trinity Baptist Church, I found a basket full of goodies and a card full of kindness welcoming me to my new position. Throughout the week, people TXT to see how I was adjusting to the new role. To be honest, I adjusted quickly and fell

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Life Lessons from the Hen House

Earlier this year we took on five baby chicks 🐣. It seemed like a great idea in the moment. Before it was time for them to move out of their cardboard box in the garage and into their coop, we had lost two of them. As the remaining trio 🐓 🐓 🐓 grew older, we moved them into their “penthouse”

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3 Lessons in Leasership from 1 Samuel 14

What battle(s) are you facing, and how is your doubt in God’s plan for your life keeping you from being part of a bigger movement? That was the heart of Warren Gasaway’s sermon, “Climb the Hill” on Sunday at Trinity Baptist Church. What is a movement? Simply put, a movement is a group of people working together to advance a

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Reflections on a Career at LifeNet

Yesterday I worked my last event as the Director of Recruitment/Retention/Public Relations for LifeNet, Inc.  After four years of working for an amazing company, today my shift focuses to spending more time with my family and working for my church. During my time, I coordinated more than 300 events, taught a multitude of classes, and had an opportunity to serve

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3 Things I Learned Trying to Change My Husband

“We marry our opposite and spend the rest of our life trying to change them. Who else can relate to that statement?” As I was teaching a workshop centered on personalities at a teacher in-service training this week, I asked the room that question. Heads nodded up and down and hands went up in agreement. I may have even heard

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Learning to Live in the Present Moment

Recently, I picked up my daughter after work and headed home for one of those rare evenings where it was just the two of us. I had been looking forward to it all day, but something got in the way. My mind. An introvert, I spend way more time in my mind than I should. I even have a tick.

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What is Love? Romans 12:10

Do you ever sit and listen to someone talk and think, “I wish everyone I interacted with heard this message. It would solve a lot of issues”? Warren Gasaway’s message today at Trinity Baptist Church was entitled “One Another”. It focused on one verse, Romans 12:10, which reads, “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”

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Working with (and Teaching) Different Personalities

Good communication is essential in the classroom and the work environments, but not everyone communicates the same way. Based off of the book The Two Sides of Love by Trent and Smalley, Working with (and Teaching) Different Personalities, is a training class that explores four personality types and how they interact together in various environments.  The 2-hour in-person personality training workshop

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Becoming More Intentional About Prayer

How often do you write the words, “I’ll pray for you” or hit the little 🙏 icon on a social media post, only to quickly send up a, “Dear God, help Susie” prayer … and that’s the end of it? Guilty! I am pretty organized in a lot of areas of my life. But when the prayer list goes around

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Using the ACTS Prayer Model

Do you know what’s always been tough for me? Praying out loud in front of a group of people. I’m not going to lie. I even get anxiety at night praying out loud beside my kiddo and my husband. An introvert by nature, I like to collect all my thoughts together before I ever speak a word. I sit in

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