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Living Fearless: How to Banish Guilt and Shame

March 13, 2018 by Loree

"Who has the weirdest item in your purse?" "And the winner is…a dental tray?? Whaaat?" Laughing until your sides ache, playing a raucous game of purse scavenger hunt, sprinkled with wise words [Read more...]

Posted in: Family & Friendship, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: 2 Timothy 1:7, anxiety, Brene Brown, choice, comparison, control, Faith, fear, free, guilt, joy, Ladies Retreat, laugh, promises, Psalm 119:96, Psalm 68:19, shame

2018 Olympic Update: How the Bobsled Reminds me of the Secret Sauce to Finding Peace

February 24, 2018 by Loree

2018 Olympic Update: I'm obsessed with the Olympics. While watching the bobsled last night I couldn't believe last summer, I hurtled down a 103 foot vertical drop on the track from the 2002 Winter [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: anxiety, bobsled, fear, Olympics, Park City Utah, peace, prayer, Psalm 5:3-4, stress, terror, thankful, thrill, tubing, yes, zip line

How to Cope When the Grief of the World Weighs You Down: 4 Crucial Verses

February 18, 2018 by Loree

We all know someone with cancer as it runs like wild horses through our towns, our churches, our families, our selves. Our children sicken and die of the flu of all the blasted things. And cars wreck [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: 1966, anxiety, cancer, Faith, fear, flu, Isaiah 41:10, marriages, pain, prayer, Psalm 23:4, Psalm 34:4, Psalm 91:14-16, school shooting, statistics, suffering, trust, University of Texas

What Choices Would You Make if You Only Had Thirty-eight Minutes to Live? Three Steps to Living Thankful

January 21, 2018 by Loree

The text message screamed, “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL”. What followed was thirty-eight excruciating minutes of terror. An ordered world [Read more...]

Posted in: Family & Friendship, Life & Work, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anxiety, apology, confession, Faith, fear, Hawaii, joy, love, Matthew 6:34, missle, North Korea, prayer, Proverbs 10:6, Psalm 5:11, terror, thankful, Tv, worry

Fight For Your Life: Seven Steps to Become a Prayer Warrior

January 14, 2018 by Loree

Puzzlement washed over her guest. “What is this room?” The ancient homeowner’s bright eyes twinkled at the question. Her grin only increased the wrinkles covering her face like an unironed shirt. [Read more...]

Posted in: Forgiveness, Life & Work, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anxiety, armor of God, betrayal, deceiver, devil, Ephesians 6:9-18, fight, hopelessness, lies, memorize, Pray, prayer wall, prayer warrior, War Room

Black Friday Brawl: Five Things to Focus on When You Are on The Brink of Losing Your Christmas Joy

December 10, 2017 by Loree

 It’s two weeks to Christmas people! Does that statement make your worry level rise or your heart flutter with joy? Does it make your head spin and your tension explode like the top of a pressure [Read more...]

Posted in: Life & Work, Peace, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anxiety, Black Friday, Christmas, competition, Focus, gifts, happiness, holiday, Jesus, John 10:10, joy, love, promises, Psalm 16:11, rush, Santa, stress, thankful, worry

The Secret Sauce to Finding Peace: Bobsledding Terror Turned Triumph

August 12, 2017 by Loree

Tamping anxiety down into my hip pocket, I tried not to think about it, How bad could it be? If they let the public sign up it must be safe, though the list of health warnings on the ticketing [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: adventure, answer is always yes, anxiety, bobsled, fear, inner tubeing, pain, praise, Psalm 5:3-4, ropes course, trust, Utah Olympic Park, Write Brilliant, writer, zip line

The Looming Election and Other Life Distresses: Three Reminders That God is in Control

October 29, 2016 by Loree

  A small crowd huddled as cameras snapped. Smiles and laughs tinkled like chimes in the breeze. Curious, I halted my blissful meandering and moved near. Could it be what I think it is? [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: anxiety, control, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 4:17, election, Goat, peace, prayer, Romans 13:1, worry

Making a Bad Decision- A Good Decision-Or A God Decision (Rwanda #5)

September 3, 2016 by Loree

Snug as a bug in a rug. The rhyme whispered a familiar cadence in my head as I witnessed the same ingenuity over and over. Fascinated, I determined to get a close-up photograph. Blurry…oops she [Read more...]

Posted in: Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anxiety, baby's carried on mother's backs, burdens, crisis of faith, depression, glory, life hack, marriage wars, Matthew 11:28, peace, Rwanda

Five Ways To Fight Back: Finding Peace in Life’s Chaos (Remodel #3)

July 9, 2016 by Loree

A steady flow of strangers swept in and out, like a harried trail of ants. We were drowning in the throes of demolition. Our much anticipated anniversary trip to the Dominican Republic speedily [Read more...]

Posted in: Decorating & Design, Family & Friendship, Life & Work, Marriage, Peace, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anxiety, armor of God, blessings, chaos, Dominican Republic, fight, John 16:33, peace, relax, Remodel, stress, unplug, worry
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