After I retired from my Living Room group In 2015 it was as though all I had done was forgotten – as though I no longer existed. Please let me share why I felt that way. Sometime before I was asked to do a presentation of my manual to new Living Room facilitators. Not feeling […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 223 (February 20, 2009) “Nothing is impossible with God.” (Luke 1:37) I truly believe that to be true in how Living Room has developed. My own Living Room group has become strong and there are at least eight other groups going right now – and maybe more. More are in the works. […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 222 (February 7, 2009) I’m celebrating – happy – joyous!! Tonight I had a call from a lady in Victoria, telling me that her church had its first Living Room meeting today. Another group is born – the tenth. Praise God! This particular group will be serving people with all kinds of […]
Read More...I must stop here and tell you how much sermons with topics like the ones I described in the previous posts inspired me. They taught me about the kind of life God wanted me to live. They encouraged me to reach high, to work for purposes greater than myself. I learned to join God in […]
Read More...LIVING MEMORIES 221 (February 6, 2009) As part of a series about building a life that matters the pastor spoke about how, when our heart breaks about something, God is telling us to do something about it. Even before God gives us a vision he has been working in our life, preparing us. If we […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 220 (February 3, 2009) Our pastor delivered a series of sermons in February 2009 that inspired me. He asked if we were ever moved by something – gripped by something that bothered us so deeply that we wanted to do something about it. Or are our lives too busy – too self-centered […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 219 (January 20, 2009) Someone who has bipolar disorder and hasn’t been able to work for awhile wrote: “I personally feel discouragement, a loss of identity, and a lot of shame & guilt having been off work for this long.” I can well remember similar feelings – actually throughout most of my […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 216 (January 1, 2009) A Happy New Year to everyone! I hope you’ve all survived the holiday season. I, for one, am looking forward to a more normal pace of life. At Living Room on Friday we’re going to talk about how Christmas was for all of us. Why is it that […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 215 (December 31, 2008) I woke up feeling crummy again this morning. And I realize how I need to shorten my quiet time in the morning and get moving earlier – like the writing here I’m doing now. Too much time sitting is not a good thing. I have a lot of […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 214 (December 27, 2008) Regrets and shame have brought me down lately. I’m good one day, and then something triggers me to turn to those negative emotions and thoughts and I go deeply dark. But, if I were able to get things into better perspective, the way I should and the way […]
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