Use Your Platform 9/15/2021 - As Christ followers, we all have a platform of influence. Many of us feel unqualified to serve or to share our faith with others. We feel not good enough, smart enough, and are painfully aware of our sin and imperfections. The good news is the Bible is full of imperfect people that God used mightily to serve and save His people. We do not have to be an ordained minister behind a pulpit to make a powerful impact for the Kingdom... Read more
Holding Space 9/8/2021 - Holding space is a term that might be considered therapy jargon. Depending on which description you read, it may feel a little hippy-dippy for some people. But in general terms, it is just the act of being there for someone in times of trial, without judgement, allowing the other person to just BE... Read more
Something For You, Not Something From You 9/1/2021 - If you’ve been around Victory, you’ve likely heard about the 4 Gs. Gathering, Groups, Gifts, Generosity. I had a revelation about the 4 Gs, and I’m just convinced I’m not the only one who needed to hear it... Read more
Playground Theology 8/25/2021 - Let’s be honest. The only real reason to look forward to elementary school as a child was recess. Way back when I was a young grade-schooler, we even had three per day! Shocking, I know. I won’t mention the half day kindergarten with snack time AND nap time! Thank the Lord, all 6-year-olds today are mentally and emotionally advanced enough to focus on their academics for 7 hours straight unlike my generation. But recess is what my friends and I looked forward to the most. All-metal jungle gyms with monkey bars above gravel or asphalt, teeter-totters, 10-foot slides, football, tag, basketball, tetherball, and red rover. It’s amazing 90% of us survived to see middle school. But not everything on the playground was peaches and cream. There was the occasional injury accompanied by tears, playground game rule infractions accompanied by scholastic debates, large kid bullies accompanied by panicked running, and the occasional dust-up with one’s lifelong friends... Read more
Uphill Spider Webs 8/18/2021 - My husband and I have the ability to be together during the day often due to both of our work schedules. One of the things I love to do most is to go hiking. Get me out in the great outdoors and you are speaking my love language. Mike knows this and plans many day dates around this activity. A few weeks back we were hiking a familiar trail in Brown County. He and I approach things very differently. He goes slow uphill and fast downhill. I am the exact opposite. This particular trail had quite a few uphill climbs. Typically, Mike lets me get in the front on these types of trails. This day he wasn’t. I was trying to be patient, really I was. I waited up one hill, behind him, following closely. I was getting annoyed and impatient. (I know, pretty patient right??) It was hot, I was hungry, and I just wanted this trail to be over with... Read more