The ‘Coffee With Jesus’ Blog
Life isn’t easy, and each day often brings new challenges – some of which can be deeply painful or even traumatic. While everyone experiences hardship differently, one truth stands out: it’s not what happens TO us, but what we DO with what happens to us. In the face of difficulty, it’s easy to allow ourselves…
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Identity is a word we often hear, but rarely stop to define for ourselves. Knowing who you are and what makes you uniquely you is crucial. Why? It informs the foundation of your sense of self, helps you to make choices that align with your values and enables you to build authentic relationships. Knowing who…
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Spring invites fresh starts and renewed energy, and there’s no better place to begin than your closet. But your stuff reveals more than you realize. As a professional organizer, I’ve seen firsthand how cluttered closets filled with things from every stage of life can weigh us down. From tangled hangers to outfits tied to old…
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Hi friends – as I hear the birds chirping outside, Spring is certainly in the air. Trees are beginning to bud, and the crocuses are rising up out of the ground. Underneath the soil are roots of beautiful plants and flowers – but also of weeds. Those bothersome plants must be dealt with before they…
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Hello friends – so many people I talk to want life to be different, yet they feel really stuck. When I ask what’s in the way, they often say they don’t know. They list everything that hasn’t worked: why they can’t change, what others have done, or how they have no time. But the real…
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Hey friends – this month I’ve been thinking about something we all need more of, that even Amazon can’t deliver: HOPE. We know that to hope is to cherish a desire with anticipation. It’s a feeling of expectation of wanting something to happen or be true. In English, the word hope usually conveys doubt. We…
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The holiday season brings a mix of emotions: joyful anticipation, overwhelming anxiety, relational tension and even sadness. As days fly by, we tend to overfill our schedules, shopping carts and hungry bellies with too much stuff. We’re left with so much to do and so little time. How do the holidays leave you feeling –…
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Hi friends – how do you tend to handle criticism? Last week I received some feedback that I was not allowing people in a certain group time to share their experiences. In the excitement of what I wanted to say, I cut someone off mid-sentence (not cool) and at times dominated the conversation (really not…
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Hello friends! With each new day of this magnificent Fall season, I never know what I’ll experience each time I step outside: crisp, cooler air or a sudden heat wave? Unpredictable weather reminds me there is much in life we can’t control, yet there are also many things we can. If we consider how this…
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Hi friends! No matter where you live, we are all likely seeing something similar these days: backpacks. Different sizes for different kids of different ages in different schools. My own children would always start the academic year with a light backpack, but get off the bus days later weighed down (almost to the ground!) with…
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