Dear friends, As the end of 2019, beginning of 2020 draws near, how do you feel about your life? What kind of a year has 2019 been for you? For some it’s been great, others really tough. What about 2020? How do you plan to take a step up in your maturity, in living out your God-given calling? Do you feel you know your calling and how to continue to grow and develop it? I’d love to hear your story. And tell you some of my own. You see, I believe that all circumstances offer us opportunities, often especially the

Dear friends, Can you identify with feeling that no matter how much you give to someone or to a cause you believe in, it will never be enough? I’m not just talking about money, I’m thinking about giving of yourself, your time, your efforts, your resources of any kind. I confess that sometimes I don’t give the little bit I could because I feel it will just be like a drop in a bucket that doesn’t make much difference. There is a secret I’ve learned that has changed the way I see this. By extension, it has also changed my

When you are honest with yourself, do you feel your life was meant for more? Have you spent the time you really need to get clarity on your life calling? Have you been hit with adversity, feeling confused and discouraged, wondering where God is in all of this? I’d love to walk with you on a path of discovering or rediscovering the life you were born to live. Click here to see the specials: https://fullyalive5.com/black-friday-specials/

Dear friends,  Wherever you are this Thanksgiving, whoever you are with, I pray that you will take this opportunity to give thanks for your blessings, and to eat pie!  My mother in law had the most incredible recipe for pumpkin pie that became my go-to for Thanksgivings in our family ever after. She imparted and passed down much more than her recipes! She was a mature woman of character and kindness – full of love and joy. She died young from cancer but her loving caring ways were passed on to her son, Michael, whom I was fortunate enough to

Dear friends, Sometimes you sense the winds of change are blowing. You’re outgrowing something, or bored with something, or a season has changed but you don’t know what’s next. You just know it’s coming. The truth is that we can always count on the fact that things will change! We may not have chosen these changes, but there’s one thing we do have a choice about. Progress! As I was journaling one day this phrase came to me, Change is inevitable, progress is optional. You choose! Even the hard things that happen in our lives can be an opportunity for