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….
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Handling Disappointment in Unmet Expectations
Ever do something with the best of intentions, and out of left field came someone mad at you for what you had done? “No good deed goes unpunished.” Those are the initial words that came to my mind as I read a TXT from someone recently whose disappointment in me was misdirected. Worse yet, I…
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Recognzing God’s Timing in Moments of Humility
This week I worked my first senior health fair since COVID stopped the events from happening. My morning hadn’t gone as planned, and I really felt I needed to be somewhere else instead of at the event. I walked in to setup 5 minutes before the event was opening, and I had a lady standing…
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If You Got a Chance, Take It
When I first started my career doing public relations for an EMS agency, I was filming an employee spotlight video at one of our stations we shared with a local fire department. The firefighters had recently received a new ladder truck and, in the middle of their training, asked if I wanted to go up…
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Don’t be Afraid to Share Your Story
Two questions have come up on a regular basis recently: 1. Can I share your posts? 2. Why do you put so many of your thoughts and personal business on social media? First, if you read something that resonates with you, share it with others so they can get benefit from it, too. Second, I…
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Overcoming a Love of Money
A few years ago I was having lunch with a friend who was contemplating leaving the comforts her full-time paycheck provided her to chase her dream. She had reached a crossroads. On the road she was on was a comfortable paycheck with benefits, a fancy title on her resume, and a position as a leader…
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Believing without Belonging
Twenty years ago, I sat in a “Sociology of Religion” class right off of George Square at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. As we discussed the evolution of religion over the years, one thing stuck out and remained with me above all else. One of the biggest problems facing Christianity at the time was…
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