by Chris | Feb 4, 2019 | Christian Life, Mentoring
You knew it had to be part of this series. You can’t be your BEST you without movement. So here is my zany and amazing friend Lala Robbins, aka BossyPants. We met walking in the park 15 years ago and she was passionate then about movement! She taught me how to walk,...
by Chris | Dec 10, 2018 | Advent, Christian families, Christian Life, Christian Living, Christmas
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. Isaiah was just one of the prophets that foretold of Jesus’ birth. But so many of them waited patiently and foretold of...
by Chris | Dec 2, 2018 | Advent, Christian families, Christian Life, Christian Living, Christmas
Advent is a season of waiting. Expectantly. With hope. For our Messiah to return. It is a four-week period before Christmas where we allow ourselves the time and grace to reflect on the tiny miracles that create the fabric of our lives so we can express our gratitude...
by Chris | Nov 12, 2018 | Christian families, Christian Life, Christian Living, Christmas, Families, Holiday, Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a holiday designed to thank God for His abundant provision; and, Christmas was created to honor the birth and hope of Jesus. But sometimes that gets forgotten… My Top Ten Holiday Survival List is a blog post I revise every year–for the past...
by Chris | Sep 10, 2018 | Christian families, Christian Life, Christian Living, Friendship, Uncategorized
Baby Boomers (born 1942-1964) I would sit waiting for the phone call for hours. I might do my nails or condition my hair, pretend to read a book, but mostly I was guarding the phone. I would fight my sister tooth and nail to keep that hot pink rotary phone in my room,...
by Chris | Jun 8, 2018 | Christian Life, Mentoring
Mentors and Mentees have different rules. If you know both sets of rules, you have so much more chance of having a long-lasting friendship! I know because I have friends on FB today who I mentored my first year of MOPS over 15 years ago. The babies I once held in my...
