by Shirley | Nov 7, 2014 | (in)courage
Light of the world, You stepped down into darkness … We used to sing this in church on Sunday mornings. Swaying as the music enveloped us and the words flowed freely from our lips. Looking up to the ceiling as if looking right through it and up to Heaven, the...
by Shirley | Jul 5, 2014 | (in)courage, God Is Close To The Broken Hearted, My Story
I love being a part of the (in)courage community. At a time when I felt at my absolute lowest, these group of ladies stepped in and filled a large void in my life. When I was hurting, they were there waiting to offer beautiful words of support to soothe my aching...
by Shirley | May 24, 2014 | (in)courage, Coffee For Your Heart - Encouragement, God Is Close To The Broken Hearted
I’m sure that at some point in our lives we can all say that we could relate to feeling “down in the dumps.” If things haven’t been going our way, as much as we try, we may not always be able to hold our heads up and keep a smile on our faces....
by Shirley | May 19, 2014 | (in)courage
I had the pleasure of co-leading the Parenting Teens & Thriving (in)courage group during the Winter Session with my friend, Kate Battistelli, (psssst her daughter is the awesome Christian singer, Francescia Battistelli, just in case you were wondering!) We came...
by Shirley | Jan 20, 2014 | (in)courage
Wow. What a completely humbling experience to see your picture and name up on the (in)courage website as a co-leader of one of their precious groups for the Winter Session! I knew that all of the pieces were put into place, and the early registrations were...
by Shirley | Jan 14, 2014 | (in)courage, Food For Thought
I posed the question on our Facebook page earlier asking if being in community with others was important – why or why not? I did not have any one immediately respond to the question. While I would like a little more interaction with readers so that we become...
