Marriage: 5 Habits That Keep Us Together
I've been married a super long time. Thirty-seven years to be exact. I know, I know... we don't look as if we could have been married this long. (LOL!) Truth-be-told we did get married very young. Larry was still a teenager! I know, it seems crazy. But here we still...
Deanna’s 7 Sanity-Saving Business Travel Tips
My husband is a travel expert. In addition to being a pastor, he owns a travel agency, Best Memories Travel, and is a licensed travel agent. I'm not going to pretend to be the expert on that. If you're looking to book a trip -- especially a cruise -- there's no one...
You Need to Be Alone
(Whether You Know it Or Not!)
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” —Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) One day I was reading a meme on Facebook that said something to the effect of, "If you can walk into a restaurant and eat a meal alone and be comfortable,...
How to Qualify for Mentorship
Many people believe a leader in their life such as a boss or a pastor.is obligated to mentor them. Not true! Your boss is not required to mentor you. That's like guacamole at Chipotle...it's extra! Consider yourself extraordinarily blessed if a leader decides to...
7 Ways to Free Yourself
from a Controlling Leader
Controlling leaders are out of style...not to mention ungodly! I've heard it said that you can control, or you can lead...but you can't do both. I believe this. Because to control is not really to lead. The greatest leaders know that their role is not to control, it...
How an Agnostic Helps Me
Be a Better Minister
Laura Dennis and I first met in the blogging community. Both of us are writers, her being a popular adoption, adoptee, and parenting writer, and me being a writer in several genres including Christian living as well as adoptee issues. Since we've been friends we have...