by Shirley | Aug 19, 2026 | God Is Close To The Broken Hearted, Intentionally Focused, Women of Faith
Two Sundays ago, our pastor asked the launch team to join him and his wife at their former church. There, the church were going to commission us at the end of the service after he preached as a guest that morning. We didn’t know who all would be able to...
by Shirley | Aug 18, 2026 | Intentionally Focused, Women of Faith
This past Sunday with all the busyness of unboxing chairs, putting up drape, etc., it would have been real easy to overlook a few teammates that were missing. As I looked around, scanning the group of volunteers, I made a mental note of the ones not in attendance....
by Shirley | Aug 17, 2026 | Intentionally Focused, Women of Faith
Yesterday was the first Sunday in our new “church home” inside of a newly built elementary school. The launch team assembled at 8 a.m. to begin putting together what would be our “sanctuary” inside of the school’s cafeteria. It’s...
by Shirley | Aug 13, 2026 | God's Plan For Spiritual Battle, My Story, Women of Faith
If you know me, you know I love to sing. I’ve written previously about how my chorus teacher in middle school believed in me and gave a quiet, reserved girl a solo part during a televised event at my school. Although he has now passed away, the care he took...
by Shirley | Aug 11, 2026 | God Is Close To The Broken Hearted, Women of Faith
On the heels of what occurred at the toxic church I wrote about yesterday, I was determined not to let evil win. Even though my husband was ready to throw in the towel and quit church altogether, I was not going to allow that to happen. He wanted to turn away from...
by Shirley | Jan 1, 2024 | God Is Close To The Broken Hearted, Women of Faith, Women's Health
People everywhere are saying “Goodbye” to 2023 as we’re all wrapping up and starting anew. Ah, a new year lies ahead of us all. The year 2024 is full of endless possibilities. We had a host of things happen in 2023, as I’m sure others did as...