At the Vintage 21 Women’s Conference, “Freed Hearts, Captive Minds”, I chose to attend the breakout session, “Breaking Free from Guilt and Shame”, led by Natalie Holm.  This session was designed to show differences between guilt and shame, show us the role the two play in our Christian lives, and teach us more about repentance….

This blog post is a recap of Kimberly Jones session of the Women’s Conference at Vintage 21, entitled “Who am I, Really”.  This session mostly discussed a fear I had never taken the time to consider in my life, the fear of man. “Fear of Man” = What WE See Kimberly started her session by…

This weekend I had the opportunity to go with a few women to our church’s women’s conference, entitled, “Freed Hearts, Captive Minds”.  Since many women I know were not able attend, I wanted to capture a few of the highlights here. Mindy Williams was the last speaker of the day and spoke on a topic…

When I started this blog I thought it would be mostly about my life as a Christian in the workplace, covering the day in and day out of what it’s like to be smack dab in the center of corporate America.  Slowly but surely I’ve seen my writing shift from this somewhat narrow topic to…

After writing yesterday’s blog post, I went through the book of Ephesians in order to find specific examples of how Jesus really accomplished everything that needed to be accomplished.  As I went through the book, I jotted down everything Christ was said to have done for us. Blessed us with every spiritual blessing- Ephesians 1:3…

To finish out “The Heart of the Gospel Series“, we are going to take a look at how Jesus means everything, and how slowly but surely we should respond with everything in our lives. Jesus means we have freedom over sin: In Ephesians 2:1-7, “And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you…

Part of my tendency in my work life and in my Christian walk is to size myself and my performance against others or my own expectations for myself.  When I do this, I’ve found there are only two outcomes.  The first outcome is a feeling that I’m not measuring up, which often leads to a…

At the heart of the Gospel is Christ’s love for us.  Over the course of this series, we have seen that Jesus’ death and resurrection was intentional from the beginning, showing that God’s plan was always to save us.  In light of this, we looked at how we are transformed by this grace – rather…

This morning I was reading a little of John, where Jesus says to the disciples, “Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name he will give it to you.  Until now you have asked nothing in my name.  Ask, and you wil receive, that your joy may be…

As we dive deeper into “The Heart of the Gospel Series“, we have to press harder on some of the belief systems that run rampant in the South, and see if these beliefs can actually stand up to the truths we find actually in Scripture. What I believe is one of the most common misconceptions…