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Armor Up or Spiritual Streaker

Those of you who know me know I’m a believer in daily and out loud putting on our armor. If we aren’t armoring up, we are a bunch of spiritual streakers! I usually get lots of laughs on that, but it’s really not very funny. If we are streaking then we are allowing the…

Her answer stunned me!

Karen Mercer, the woman whom God used to develop the sidewalk counseling ministry in the Pro-Life movement, shared a profound truth with me when I interviewed her on the All Things Podcast. We talked about her new book, Only if God Says So: Finding the Courage to Protect Life in a Pro-Choice World. When I asked…

Tears of Joy!

Redeemed & Restored: Tears of Joy! There’s something about reading your story out loud. I wasn’t prepared for the impact it would have on me. So many times I had to stop and gather myself, take a deep breath, allow the tears of joy to flow and then restart again. I believe the process of…

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Redeemed & Restored: Consumed by Success … Another Amazing Full Circle

Another amazing full circle. God has been nudging me to get my very first book updated and back into print. It’s been a little less than 20 years since the first edition of Consumed by Success came out and I took a brave stand against the multi-level marketing (MLM) business model. To read the words I…

My quest for the word of the year …

I finally started my quest for the word of the year God would have for me during the last week of 2022. I was struggling with looking back over 2022 to see any repeating scriptures or thoughts from my journals. “Lord, I don’t have a clue what you are saying for 2023 and what…

Full Circles and Answered Prayers

Oh, what a difference a year makes! The conclusion of this week will launch us into a new year. 2023! Many of us will spend time reflecting, reminiscing and even comparing the past to the present in hopes for a better future. This is where I am today as I REFLECT on this holiday season.…

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Welcome, I'm Athena!

I start each day by tithing the first hour to the Lord in prayer, reading the word, doing word studies of the Text, and asking God how I can live out what I am reading. This time is usually met with meditation on devotionals that are usually written by dead guys like Oswald Chambers, CS Lewis, Charles Spurgeon, AW Tozer, and Andrew Murray.

Right now, I’m reading a daily devotional with a friend called Tozer on the Almighty God for my focus for the day. It's fun to see individually what pulls us in to spur one another on to good deeds!

The Bible is filled with action steps to walk out in practical and intentional ways. This sets my day in motion to walk it out! I hope this is your heart, too.

Consider this a personal invitation to join me in this journey!

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Welcome, I'm Athena!

The Bible is filled with action steps to walk out in practical and intentional ways. This sets my day in motion to walk it out! I hope this is your heart, too.

Consider this a personal invitation to join me in this journey!

When worry and fear overwhelm…

It had been a difficult week. First came Ross’s unexpected resignation from the work of the last 36 years of his life. That brought with it the fear that came with realizing we have no clue how we will replace that income. What is God’s plan in this? Then the news of a huge hit…

HE will hold me fast… Hang on TIGHT!

He Will Hold Me Fast. I’ve been listening to this Selah song a lot lately as we have continued to struggle with direction of the ministry Ross has stepped into at the church He planted over 35 years ago. On top of that I’ve had a rash of different challenges that have taken so much…

If it could go wrong … it did …

After a few days on the boat, we headed out in our RV, first to the RV park at the Port Townsend marina. The Lord, as I mentioned last week, had been showing me about contentment and challenging me on allowing it to be scarce. “Athena, go check the toilet. The pump is making a…

Finding contentment in sacred rest…

I was a few days into my travel-journaling on social media when my friend commented on my post, “Make the most of your sacred rest, hint, hint!” Oh, how my soul needed to find rest, yet, I was doing anything but resting … posting all our travels and all my pics of our discoveries. But…

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