I’ve been listening to you all in this community. I treasure your comments, posts, and messages. They each stir my heart to rethink how I’m living out this journey called life. As I listen, I hear you saying: Alene you have helped me step over my fear and into an unknown world. Thank you for challenging me to serve others…. Read More
I prayed a prayer asking God to enlarge my territory of influence. I wanted to go somewhere grand. Africa. India. Cambodia. I had a dream of making a difference and it seemed all the cool stories of difference-makers were from foreign countries. I never made it to those foreign lands. God instead chose to enlarge my territory by placing me… Read More
Do you ever think of the influence you have? Whether you recognize it or not, you are influencing those around you every moment of each day. <—-tweet that here! Your influence can be positive or negative depending on how you live out that moment. There were years in my life where I dreamed of leaving an influence, but yet I wasn’t brave enough… Read More
There are days I just need to write to process. It’s as if the thoughts twirling inside my head are going at such a speed it is taking my breath away. And friend, today is one of those days! There’s a voice inside me screaming “Let’s crawl back to the comfort zone and avoid this mad world.” But I know… Read More
I’m not naturally brave. But many times I find my braveness and bigness through those around me. To the mom who leaves an abusive relationship in the dark of the night with a suitcase in hand and three small children in tow not knowing where you will go or how you will provide for your babies — you make me… Read More
We’re all chasing after something, something that we think will make us happy — comfort, success, a bigger house, or someone’s approval. But if we are all honest, it feels like trying to catch the wind. ~ Jennie Allen What are you chasing? My heart stirs and pounds with the words in Jennie Allen’s new study — Chase. It’s a… Read More