Are you striving to be everything for everyone, especially your kids? Is the pressure to be enough causing you to ache for something more? If motherhood isn’t quite what you thought it would be, perhaps it’s time to discover what might be missing . In our valiant efforts to be the mom we’ve always dreamed of being, we rise up and work endlessly to take care of our families. The tragedy is our attempts at being enough can leave us feeling overwhelmed and inadequate and yearning for something more we aren’t sure how to find, but desperately need. Author, Natalie...
Posted by Natalie Dawn Hanson on 02/08/2022
How Can I Give My Child Hope? “I’m such a failure.” “No one cares about me.” “I haven’t felt happy for a long time.” “I don’t want to live anymore.” If you have heard your child utter these words, your fear for their well-being has skyrocketed. But what can you do to help them? Some experts say that depression and anxiety are the new normal. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in young people. As parents, we cannot accept this. Many young people feel helpless and hopeless. Our kids must be equipped with more than resilience...
Posted by Lori Wildenberg on 02/01/2022
Ready to plot your next novel like a master storyteller? This how-to release by DiAnn Mills includes chapter ends with exercises consisting of prompts and questions to help you shape and strengthen an amazing story. You will be stretched, pulled, and molded, but the process will enhance your plotting skills. EXPLORING THE ART OF PLOTTING is Book 3 in The Writer's Bookshelf - Library essentials for crafting great books. EXPLORING THE ART OF PLOTTING helps writers plot a novel like a master storyteller. In EXPLORING THE ART OF PLOTTING, DiAnn Mills explores how a plot works and...
Posted by DiAnn Mills on 01/15/2022
This short free 25 page book gives hope to the downtrodden and weary. In its pages, the reader will find empathy, reasons to move forward, and practical ideas to overcome discouragement. The website visitor receives this small book in order to wake up to the joys of life - again - as they start over! ...
Posted by Catie Craig on 12/31/2021
If you are experiencing a season of suffering, you will find hope, humor, and healing throughout the pages of Beauty Beyond the Thorns: Discovering Gifts in Suffering . Modern-day stories of suffering are paralleled with biblical accounts that will both enrich your understanding of the Bible and provide hope for your personal journey. We all need healing, whether experiencing physical or emotional pain from the thorns of divorce, job loss, grief, addiction, disability, or financial troubles. When we follow Jesus, God offers us gifts such as joy, hope, compassion, and mercy to help us...
Posted by Darci Steiner on 10/30/2021
Inevitably, we face change every day of our lives, which can impact our lives differently. How we make sense of it will affect how we process it and respond innovatively and creatively. Through their adversity, twenty-one POWERFUL Queens gained a greater understanding of dealing with personal challenges, learned to overcome the mounting stress, and were empowered with the tools to survive and thrive. These amazing women put POWER to the PEN and courageously shared their powerful stories and practical wisdom on how they defied the odds by discovering that adversity entrusted them with the secret...
Are you at a point in your life where you want to give up right now? Are you facing an obstacle that seems impossible to overcome? Are you tired of simply accepting what comes at you instead of living the courageous life you know you were meant to live? Leslie Jackson understands that feeling. In her book, Change Course; One Lady’s Race from Acceptance to Adventure, Leslie shares the serious trials she’s faced in her life—and how she overcame them. Leslie@SozoLove.com ...
Posted by Leslie Jackson on 09/02/2021
uring this interview with Marnie and Laine Lawson Craft, author of the “Enjoy Today Own Tomorrow Journal,” you’ll discover: • How to connect with God anytime, anywhere to increase your joy. • Why faith needs frequent reactivation, and how to do it daily. • The most important key to turning your hurts into healing. • How to overcome discouragement. • How to experience God in both your heart and your head. • The power and surprising pleasure of growing more dependent on God. Laine Lawson Craft is a firecracker. This best-selling,...
Posted by Laine Craft on 07/07/2021
How do you overcome fear when someone or something looks dangerous which can cause you pain or threat? Here is how to deal with fear. Fear destabilizes you and prevents you from taking any positive action in or for your life. Find out more about how to be fearless and brave. So then, what is fear? Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is a threat of harm, real or imagined. Fear and anxiety sometimes last for a short time and it passes, but it can also last much longer and sometimes gets stuck with you. In most cases, fear can take over...
Posted by Mycel Acquaah-Mensah on 06/29/2021
Jesus said in John 16:33, “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world” (ESV). We may think when we are suffering that God has abandoned us or is trying to "punish" us. But nothing could be further from the truth! God wants to develop important character traits in us, one of them being the beautiful gift of perseverance. If we're willing to open our hearts to what He has to teach us in our trials, we can better understand their value, experience peace in the midst of...
Posted by Jennifer Cadamore on 06/29/2021
During this hour with Marnie and guest, Jill Richardson, you’ll discover Communication Strategies for Speakers including: • How to lock in the longevity and relevance of your ministry and messages. • Communication strategies for a sound bite world. • Interactive techniques that work with women. • How to narrow down your message to maximize your impact. • What to do when confusion, overwhelm or lack clarity define the day (or season). • Identifying and addressing the #1 cause of communication failure. Dr. Jill...
Posted by Jill Richardson on 06/14/2021
The word "Fear Not" appears 365 times in the Bible. This means that every day in a year, you can take one pill of "Fear Not" knowing and trusting that God is with you always because it's His promise to you and He is a good Father. These eight (8) ways will help you to live a fearless life. You can be fearless and brave when you put your hope and trust in God! Fear and anxiety can last for a short time and then pass, but they can also last much longer and you can get stuck with them. In some cases they can take over your life, affecting your ability to eat,...
Posted by Mycel Acquaah-Mensah on 06/01/2021