by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Mar 4, 2025 | Business, Humor, Leadership, Ministry
You go to a meeting. The leader welcomes everyone and says, “As we get started, I’d like us to go around the room and have each of you quickly share three things: your name, where you live, and your current role/job title.” When it’s my turn, I say, “I’m Deanna...
by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Feb 26, 2025 | Change, Christian Living, Leadership, Loss, Ministry, Relationships
Is there someone in your life who you desperately want to help, but when it gets down to it, they do not really want to be helped? Some would say it makes no sense to keep trying. They shake their heads in disbelief that you have hung on for so long trying. But if...
by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Feb 5, 2025 | Leadership, Abuse, Influence, Women
I was a freshman in Bible college back in 1984. A few months into college life, I met a young man who I will call “K” who was a friend, but nothing more. K appeared to be so Godly. I enjoyed being around him a lot. He was an upperclassman, well respected and seemed to...
by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Jan 30, 2025 | Leadership, Motivation, Productivity, Uncategorized
It is common for people to make comments about me always being energetic and motivated. The truth is that while I am sometimes that way, there are many times I am not. There are times I have literally walked into a building saying, “I can do this! I can do this!...
by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Jan 8, 2025 | Leadership, Business
You will need help from somebody at some point. When you need help, it’s important to you to get it, and you want the best that person has to give. So, why doesn’t everyone receive the help they need, in the way they want to receive it? A lot of it has to...
by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Dec 4, 2024 | Burnout, Leadership, Ministry, Sabbath, Soul Care, Spiritual Disciplines
“Sabbath is more than the absence of work; it is the presence of something that arises when we consecrate a period of time to listen to what is most deeply beautiful, nourishing, or true.” ~ Wayne Muller Over the past eight years or so, I’ve shared a...
