5 Practical Tips to Help You on Your Way to Hearing God Posted: Feb 22, 2012 Maybe you’ve been a Christian your whole life, but you’ve never actually heard God speak directly to you. Or maybe you’re a total skeptic and can’t help but cringe every time someone says, “God told me this or that...”

The Key to Happiness During Periods of Waiting Posted: Feb 16, 2012 As we went around and shared our prayer requests in my weekly Bible Study group I realized something: each and every one of us was waiting on something. A husband's job offer...a baby to be born...a financial break-through...a house to be sold...a relationship to start...healing to come...and the list goes on.

Treading Through Transition: What to Do in the "Hang Time" Posted: Feb 08, 2012 Entering into a season of transition can feel something like a trapeze artist who just let go of the bar only to be flung at full speed into the air, uncertain of whether that next bar will show up before gravity has it's way and pulls you down to the ground face first. If are going through transition or have ever lived through one, you know what I am talking about. But as the best trapeze artists say, successfully making it through that "hang time" is all about trust, timing and holding your position.

It's Ok to NOT Be Okay Posted: Feb 01, 2012 "Are you alright?" My sister, who knows me well, asked. "You seem kinda blue." My first instinct was to feign a smile and pretend like everything was fine and dandy. But deep down, I really wasn't fine. In that moment, I was feeling anxious about my future, not to mention lonely, sad, and confused. I couldn't really explain why. I just felt...down. And clearly I wasn't doing a good job of hiding it. But why was I even trying to hide it in the first place? Somewhere along the lines I adopted this notion that being a strong Christian meant that you had to be happy and cheerful all the time