Author: Tina Bell

As I was watering the garden yesterday, I was frustrated by multiple things. Despite all our efforts, the tomato plants 🍅 are continuing to die from the ground up. I lost three more watermelons 🍉 and realized one of the plants is also dying at its root. My cucumbers 🥒 continue to produce, but I lost an entire plant I

Why are you acting this way? As a parent, I have asked myself this question more than once. Unsurprisingly, I would ask it as I tried to figure out my child’s behavior. Now I ask it as I try to figure out my own behavior. There are moments, especially after a long day at work, where I come home and

Note:  This is part 4 of a 4 part series entitled “When God Closes Doors”. Busyness! If you asked me to pick one word that summed up the past three decades of my life, “busyness” would be it. Most days, every minute is planned out with meetings, events, and blocked time for special projects. Even during vacations, it’s hard for

Note:  This is part 2 of a 4 part series entitled “When God Closes Doors”. When I interviewed with the owner of the company for my next job, the thing I was most impressed with was his openness to share his strong faith in Christ, which in many ways was in stark contrast to my own faith. Four years prior

Note:  This is part 1 of a 4 part series entitled “When God Closes Doors”. Over the course of climbing the career ladder, I have often been stuck between the questions: 1. Am I quitting just shy of the blessing God has in store for me on the other side of my endurance? or 2. Is God trying to tell

What someone says about you behind your back says more about them than it does about you. How you respond when you find out says more about you than it does about them. I have had to remind myself of those words multiple times throughout my life. This week was no different. I had several people tell me about an

“Where do you see yourself in the next five to ten years?” I ask that question of others daily as a recruiter, but it’s been a while since I’ve taken the time to ponder the answer myself. The majority of the people I talk to in their 30s or 40s don’t have an answer. The younger ones sometimes do. Usually

“You can pass all the laws, but you can’t pass a law that will create morality in a man’s heart.” Those words from Pastor Rodney Thomas have been on my heart this week as I have scrolled news sites and social media and have seen everything from the plethora of calls for gun reform to questions on law enforcement response.

I have a problem saying “No”. I have a problem taking on other people’s problems or projects. I have a strong tendency to put work first, family second, and God last. That’s completely backwards …I know. And that’s the problem. I know. I know that every “Yes” I give out is a “No” to something else. Overtime, those things I