Thrive Leadership Foundation Blog & Resources
Work Your Manna!
Spoken in a low, monotone voice, “If I hear a knock on my bedroom door (dramatic pause), there better be blood or fire.” Said me, a very tired young mommy. Pointing a finger in the air to emphasis my parental positional authority. Our four young children learned...
Living Lampstands
Living Lampstands A woman was sharing her life story in front of the church auditorium. She shared her heart wrenching journey of losing her one and only child to addiction. She was vulnerable, real and beautiful. She openly invited us into her journey of love,...
Cat In The Hat Theology
Cat In The Hat Theology We have a cascading rock water fountain on our back porch. It’s only 2 feet high but it brings me so much pleasure! I even leave it on when I am in the house, so I can hear the water trickle. It refreshes my soul! There is something about...
The Family Table
In my growing up years, being pouty and not eating dinner with the family was not an option. One day, I was angry because I didn’t get my way. When mom called us to dinner I said I wasn’t hungry and refused to come. And then there was my father’s response, “You...
Make Me Fat!
It was 4th grade but I remember it like yesterday, “If you don’t give me your brownie I won’t be your friend.”Those were the words out of my best friend’s mouth. I loved the school brownies. I loved brownies. I still love brownies! It felt like a war inside, as I...
Keeping the Foxes Away
It was a lovely spring day spent with our grandchildren. I suggested we put the hammocks up in the crab apple tree that is down the hill, by the tall bamboo grass. They looked at me with sober faces and wide eyes as they quietly said, “No Mimi. There are foxes in...
Fire of God!
Do you have a strong desire to be a roaring fire of God?! The Christian writer Oswald Chambers continues to touch thousands of lives almost 100 years since his publications. It has been said, “His life was a well laid fire on which…..the flame of God fell with such...
A Blighted Heart
I love envisioning being part of God’s vineyard. Imagining our Father God the loving, caring master gardener, Jesus The Vine and we, God’s children the branches. (see John 15) In light of that, when I read Psalm 102:4 “My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I...
Whispers of God
We have all experienced it…when we want to do something but we know it is not best. There is a gentle, yet strong sense indicating disappointment-or worse, devastating consequences. I’m talking about that subtle, yet beyond instinct feeling. That feel or sense we...
Joy Splashers!
Splash! Immediately a visual image of moving liquid, expanding its space comes to mind! I easily see splashes, droplets and puddles of water, milk, coffee spilling beyond their boundaries. A splash affects areas close by. And droplets from a splash reach far beyond...
Finding God’s Hand in the Dark
Night. That dark place that begins at sunset and endures until sunrise. Night is the darkest time. And it can feel like it will never end. I remember camping as a single young woman. Leaving my tent in the middle of the night to find the campground rest room was...
Closing The Gap Week 4 – “God Really Does Care!”
Are you ready? Christmas Day is almost here… There’s hardly a waking moment that something about Christmas is not right in front of us… lights, decorations, music, special events, shopping, making cookies. And less time to finish it all. But you’re taking the time to...
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