by Sharon Swing, Co-Author Listen to My Life At an exceptionally painful season of my life I was not sensing that God was with me.  All I felt was loneliness, disappointment, rejection and hopelessness.  Then, one night I was awakened with “Luke 24” in my brain – not the story -- just the Bible reference.  […]

By Sharon Swing, Co-Author Listen to My Life How’s this for a story… The God who created the universe created you.  He did it because He could not contain His love – it had to expand!  He made you to love, and for you to love Him.  As the ultimate creative act, He made you […]

By Sharon Swing, Co-Author Listen to My Life “I need to live a life of amends,” said Tiger Woods in his first interview after the public discovery of marital indiscretions.  He stood with hands folded in front of him, still and stoic.  His eyes had lost their youthful sparkle, his familiar smile absent.  “I turned […]

Observing Lent Through Spiritual Practices by Sibyl Towner with Joan Kelley Lent is a season of remembering our sinfulness as well as our mortality and our need for God’s daily grace in order to live. But how can we truly enter into the Lenten season with humility and simplicity so that we might receive God’s […]

By Sibyl Towner with Joan Kelley, oneLifeMaps Facilitators Maybe you sped right through Advent as you got into the flow of the Christmas rush, but it’s not too late to enter into the experience of Lent. While Advent reminds us of God’s unimaginable love for us, Lent reminds us of our sin and mortality. It […]

by Sharon Swing, Co-Author of Listen to My Life In the movie, “Because of Winn Dixie,” a young girl says to a new, older companion, “The most important thing you need to know about me is that I don’t have a mama.” As a viewer, my heart sinks as she says those words that reveal […]

by Sharon Swing, Co-Author of Listen to My Life Maybe you’ve experienced reading a book, having your mind drift, and losing the handle on the storyline? Flipping back some pages, you might have to find the place where you absent-mindedly left the story to make sense of where the plot is going. Have you ever […]

by Joan Kelley, oneLifemaps Director of Facilitator Development Have you considered what defines you or who you let define you? I was doing some reading today and thinking about what defines a person and perhaps what doesn't. I know for a fact cancer does not define my son, Will, or our family even though that's […]

by Anita Schamber, onelifemaps Facilitator If you are like me, "self-doubt" has crept in on little cat feet into one or more of your decisions during your life so far. On those occasions when God or His appointees presented you with an opportunity to serve, you may have questioned, "Who me? You want me to […]

By Joan Kelley, Director of Facilitator Development for oneLifemaps Do you know what’s drawing you toward God and pulling you away from God these days? I’ve been writing an almost daily blog for the last seven months. One huge blessing out of that is the time spent reviewing my day. In the midst of thinking about […]