MMCW’s featured blogroll post for April is from Johanna Tooke at Life Managers. If you would like to join our blogroll and have the opportunity to be a MMCW guest author, click here. A guard is never posted by anything obscure or meaningless. A guard …
Mentoring Series
Ruminating
Used in context I knew what ruminating meant, but other than that it just seemed like a big word. Certainly that word didn’t apply to me. That is until I read a book that explained how women struggle with ruminating more than men do. I …
God’s Way of Handling Conflict
Inevitably where two people co-exist, conflict comes. As much as we might have in common with another person, we cannot agree 100% of the time. The question we face is: will this disagreement break the relationship or can it be used to strengthen it? God …
The Gift of Encouragement
“Buy a dozen roses, get a dozen free,” the ad in the paper said. It was perfect timing. I knew through my home business I wanted to congratulate a friend for her hard work. The flowers would be just the right thing to arrive at …
Healing Conflict in Church
In 1995, Bob wrote a book called Love in Action: Healing Conflict in Your Church (Multnomah Publishing Company). The book encourages us to become agents of reconciliation in our churches and relationships. One chapter was satirically named, “Ten Ways to Split Your Church.” Step One: …
Tongues That Wag
Oh, the times I have opened my mouth wider only to change feet! But haven’t we all? Media outlets make available updates on what people say–whether they meant to say it the way they did or not. We get an inside scoop on a host of …
Chicks in Conflict
“We just need to talk and air out our differences.” “Let’s just lay our feelings out on the table.” “I’m an open book. I want people to know exactly how I feel.” “I needed to vent.” Step back. Take cover. The outcome of this encounter …
Words of Encouragement
Here are some phrases you can use to cheer, encourage and woo those around you. Feel free to print a copy to hang on the fridge or keep in your purse. If you are like me and criticism comes much more naturally than encouraging words, …
What Happens When I Pray Wrong?
My friend recently left a comment on my blog that reminded me of a time when my children were just little. Our son was learning our family’s table rules. At that time, and all the way until today, our kids have not been allowed to …
Remembering Joy
Do you ever find yourself hard at work on some task when all of a sudden a funny memory from the past comes back to you and you can’t help it but grin while trying desperately to hold back the laughter? This happens to me …